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SUBMITTER: Lindsay RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5552827 | biostudies-other | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Lindsay Robert S RS Loeken Mary R MR
Diabetologia 20170802 9
Metformin has been prescribed in pregnancy for over 40 years; for much of this time, use has been limited both in numbers and geographically, and the evidence base has been confined to observational studies. In early years, perceived safety concerns and lack of availability of the drug in many countries acted as a barrier to use. More recently, RCTs have begun to examine the role of metformin in pregnancy in much-needed detail. However, this evidence base has been interpreted differently in diff ...[more]