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gestational diabetes mellitus


Gestational diabetes mellitus, often referred to by its initials as gestational diabetes, develops only during pregnancy and usually disappears upon delivery. It increases the risk that the mother will develop diabetes later. The condition is managed with meal planning, activity and sometimes insulin.


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