Diabetes: Therapy for gestational diabetes mellitus--time for a change?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Diabetes

T2 - Therapy for gestational diabetes mellitus--time for a change?

AU - Damm, Peter

AU - Mathiesen, Elisabeth R

PY - 2015/6/26

Y1 - 2015/6/26

N2 - For >30 years, insulin has been the drug of choice for the medical treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus. However, the use of oral hypoglycaemic agents has increased during the past 1–2 decades, so a recent comparison of treatment with glibenclamide, metformin or insulin in women with gestational diabetes mellitus is highly relevant.

AB - For >30 years, insulin has been the drug of choice for the medical treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus. However, the use of oral hypoglycaemic agents has increased during the past 1–2 decades, so a recent comparison of treatment with glibenclamide, metformin or insulin in women with gestational diabetes mellitus is highly relevant.

KW - Diabetes, Gestational

KW - Female

KW - Glyburide

KW - Humans

KW - Hypoglycemic Agents

KW - Insulin

KW - Metformin

KW - Pregnancy

U2 - 10.1038/nrendo.2015.54

DO - 10.1038/nrendo.2015.54

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 25850660

SN - 1759-5029

VL - 11

SP - 327

EP - 328

JO - Nature Reviews Endocrinology

JF - Nature Reviews Endocrinology

IS - 6

ER -