Effects of Diet and Metformin on placental morphology in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

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Published in Pak J Med Sci on January 13, 2017

Authors

Rabia Arshad1, Muhammad Adnan Kanpurwala2, Nasim Karim3, Jahan Ara Hassan4

Author Affiliations

1: Dr. Rabia Arshad, MBBS, M. Phil. Assistant Professor and Head of Pharmacology Department, Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine, 2-R Sunset Boulevard, DHA, Karachi, Pakistan.
2: Dr. Muhammad Adnan Kanpurwala, MBBS, M. Phil. Associate Professor, Physiology Department, Karachi Institute of Medical Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
3: Dr. Nasim Karim, MBBS, M. Phil, Ph D, Post Doc. Professor and Head of Pharmacology Department, Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
4: Dr. Jahan Ara Hasan, MBBS, FCPS, MCPS. Associate Professor, Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.

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