Cause of gestational diabetes
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Placental hGH-V
It's the growth hormone which has the diabetogenic properties
there's a special variant of Growth hormone that is released from the placenta which is called Placental hGH-V and it's thought to be the cause of gestational diabetes.
Probably you have an outdated Kaplan lecture notes and an updated qbank
It's the growth hormone which has the diabetogenic properties
there's a special variant of Growth hormone that is released from the placenta which is called Placental hGH-V and it's thought to be the cause of gestational diabetes.
Probably you have an outdated Kaplan lecture notes and an updated qbank
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