Open AccessCase report: Magnesium—A new therapeutic target in gestational diabetes mellitus?
Author(s) -
Zhang Kun
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3309
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational diabetes , diabetes mellitus , magnesium , gestation , pregnancy , obstetrics , intensive care medicine , endocrinology , genetics , materials science , metallurgy , biology
Abstract To date, physicians are not aware of a potential connection between magnesium and gestational diabetes mellitus. This case shows that magnesium supplementation can reduce maternal serum glucose, specifically the hard‐to‐control fasting glucose.