TY - JOUR TI - Intermediate metabolism in association with the amino acid profile during the third trimester of normal pregnancy and diet-controlled gestational diabetes AU - Pappa, Kalliopi I. AU - Vlachos, George AU - Theodora, Marianna and AU - Roubelaki, Maria AU - Angelidou, Konstantina AU - Antsaklis, Aris JO - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology MFM PY - 2007 VL - 196 TODO - 1 SP - 65-67 PB - MOSBY-ELSEVIER SN - null TODO - 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.094 TODO - null TODO - 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. ER -