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Descriptor English: Diabetes, Gestational
Descriptor Spanish: Diabetes Gestacional
Descriptor diabetes gestacional
Entry term(s) diabetes inducida por el embarazo
diabetes mellitus gestacional
Scope note: Diabetes mellitus inducida por el EMBARAZO pero resuelta antes de su término. No incluye a las diabéticas diagnosticadas previamente que se embarazan (EMBARAZO EN DIABÉTICAS). La diabetes gestacional suele desarrollarse a finales del embarazo cuando alcanzan un máximo las hormonas antagonistas de la insulina, lo que lleva a RESISTENCIA A INSULINA, INTOLERANCIA A LA GLUCOSA e HIPERGLUCEMIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Diabetes Gestacional
Descriptor French: Diabète gestationnel
Entry term(s): Diabetes Mellitus, Gestational
Diabetes, Pregnancy Induced
Diabetes, Pregnancy-Induced
Gestational Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Pregnancy-Induced Diabetes
Tree number(s): C12.050.703.170
C18.452.394.750.448
C19.246.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016640
Scope note: Diabetes mellitus induced by PREGNANCY but resolved at the end of pregnancy. It does not include previously diagnosed diabetics who become pregnant (PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS). Gestational diabetes usually develops in late pregnancy when insulin antagonistic hormones peaks leading to INSULIN RESISTANCE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; and HYPERGLYCEMIA.
Annotation: refers to DIABETES MELLITUS, not DIABETES INSIPIDUS; do not confuse with PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS where a diabetic becomes pregnant
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Pregnancy in Diabetes (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Related: Pregnancy in Diabetics MeSH
DeCS ID: 30157
Unique ID: D016640
NLM Classification: WQ 248
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/25
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Diabetes, Gestational - Preferred
Concept UI M0025360
Scope note Diabetes mellitus induced by PREGNANCY but resolved at the end of pregnancy. It does not include previously diagnosed diabetics who become pregnant (PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS). Gestational diabetes usually develops in late pregnancy when insulin antagonistic hormones peaks leading to INSULIN RESISTANCE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; and HYPERGLYCEMIA.
Preferred term Diabetes, Gestational
Entry term(s) Diabetes Mellitus, Gestational
Diabetes, Pregnancy Induced
Diabetes, Pregnancy-Induced
Gestational Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Pregnancy-Induced Diabetes



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