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Vieira, Matias C.
White, Sara L.
Patel, Nashita
Seed, Paul T.
Briley, Annette L.
Sandall, Jane
Welsh, Paul
Sattar, Naveed
Nelson, Scott M.
Lawlor, Debbie A.
Poston, Lucilla
Pasupathy, Dharmintra
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research (RP-PG-0407-10452)
Chief Scientist Office (CZB/4/680)
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity (1060508)
Tommy's Baby Charity (SCO39280)
Medical Research Council (MR/L002477/1)
FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (669545)
National Institutes of Health (R01 DK10324)
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (BEX 9571/13-2)
Diabetes UK (14/0004849)
Article History
Received: 24 May 2017
Accepted: 11 October 2017
First Online: 3 November 2017
Authors’ information
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Brighton Research Ethics Committee and all women provided informed written informed consent prior to entering the study (UK integrated research application system, reference 09/H0802/5).
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: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at and declare: for the submitted work, MCV had financial support from Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Ensino Superior (CAPES); SLW had financial support from Diabetes UK; NP, PTS, ALB, LP and DP had financial support from Tommy’s Charity; PTS, ALB, JS, NS, SMN, DAL, LP and DP had financial support from Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Institute of Health Research (NIHR); no financial relationships with any organisations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous 5 years; and no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.
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