Metformin therapy and diabetes in pregnancy

• 1 Waikato Clinical School, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, NZ
• 2 Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Subiaco, WA
• 3 Department of Obstetrics, National Women's Hospital, Auckland, NZ
• 4 Mater Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.

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