Early gestational diabetes diagnosis a shared risk factor for neonatal hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia

Children of mothers who meet the diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes at an early gestational age are at higher risk for hypoglycemia and hyperbilirubinemia compared with those whose mothers are diagnosed later or not at all, according to findings published in Diabetic Medicine.

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