@article{3115412,
    title = "Intermediate metabolism in association with the amino acid profile
during the third trimester of normal pregnancy and diet-controlled
gestational diabetes",
    author = "Pappa, Kalliopi I. and Vlachos, George and Theodora, Marianna and and Roubelaki, Maria and Angelidou, Konstantina and Antsaklis, Aris",
    journal = "American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology MFM",
    year = "2007",
    volume = "196",
    number = "1",
    pages = "65-67",
    publisher = "MOSBY-ELSEVIER",
    doi = "10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.094",
    abstract = "The authors of a prospective Greek study compared the levels of fasting
maternal plasma amino acids in normal pregnant women with those in women
with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) controlled by diet only. They
found that in GDM, ketogenic amino acids are catabolized more in the
liver than in peripheral tissues, affecting major metabolic pathways."
}