Metformin from mother to unborn child – are there unwarranted effects?

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Nguyen, Linh, Chan, Shiao-Yng, Teo, Adrian Kee Keong
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Biological Sciences
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2018
• الموضوعات: Metformin; Pregnancy; DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89278; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46140

For more than 40 years, metformin has been used before and during pregnancy. However, it is important to note that metformin can cross the placenta and circulate in the developing foetus. Recent studies reported that the concentration of metformin in foetal cord blood ranges from half to nearly the...