Does the dawn phenomenon have clinical relevance in normal pregnancy?

OBJECTIVE: The dawn phenomenon is a transient rise in blood glucose between 4 and 6 AM that is attributed to the pulsatile release of pituitary growth hormone (GH). In pregnancy, GH is suppressed by placental GH. Hence, we hypothesize that there is no evidence for the dawn phenomenon in late pregnan...

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Main Authors:	Mandujano, Alicia, Thomas, Alicia, Presley, Larraine Huston, Amini, Saeid B., de Mouzon, Sylvie Hauguel, Catalano, Patrick M.
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	2013
Subjects:	Article
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4110907/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23583837 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2013.04.006
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Does the dawn phenomenon have clinical relevance in normal pregnancy?

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