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Increased fecal indole concentration in women with gestational diabetes: a pilot study

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Acknowledgements

We are thankful to all women that participated in the study and the study nurses that helped with the study.

Funding

This work was supported by grant P1-0198 from the Slovene Research Agency. KM was a recipient of a PhD grant from the Slovene Research Agency. MT joined this study thanks to an interdisciplinary program "Through creativeness to knowledge" supported by Slovenian Ministry of education, science and sport and the European Social Fund.

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  1. Marija Trajkova and Katja Molan have contributed equally to the work.

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  1. Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Marija Trajkova, Katja Molan, Maja Zugan, Jerneja Ambrožič Avguštin, Marjanca Starčič Erjavec & Darja Žgur Bertok

  2. Clinical Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška 7, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Draženka Pongrac Barlovič

  3. Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Draženka Pongrac Barlovič

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All authors participated in the study conception, data interpretation, critical revision of manuscript for important intellectual content and in the final approval of the version to be published. DBP was responsible for the clinical part of the study. MT and KM performed all the laboratory work and drafted the manuscript. DPB, MT and KM performed data analyses.

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The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Slovenian Ethics Committee, No. 0120–570/2018/3.

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Trajkova, M., Molan, K., Zugan, M. et al. Increased fecal indole concentration in women with gestational diabetes: a pilot study. Acta Diabetol 58, 241–243 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-020-01632-3

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