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Serum and cord blood neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin levels in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus and its association with tumor necrosis factor-alpha

A cross-sectional study from Tripura, India

Bidhan Goswami, Sumit S. Das, Partha S. Pal, Partha Saha, Shauli Sengupta and Manti Debnath
Saudi Medical Journal April 2025, 46 (4) 352-357; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2025.46.4.20240964
Bidhan Goswami
From the Department of Microbiology and Nodal Officer, Multidisciplinary Research Unit, Agartala Government Medical College (Goswami); from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Das); from the Department of Biochemistry (Pal); from the Multidisciplinary Research Unit (Saha, Sengupta, Debnath), Agartala Government Medical College, Agartala, India.
MBBS, MD
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Sumit S. Das
From the Department of Microbiology and Nodal Officer, Multidisciplinary Research Unit, Agartala Government Medical College (Goswami); from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Das); from the Department of Biochemistry (Pal); from the Multidisciplinary Research Unit (Saha, Sengupta, Debnath), Agartala Government Medical College, Agartala, India.
MBBS, MS
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Partha S. Pal
From the Department of Microbiology and Nodal Officer, Multidisciplinary Research Unit, Agartala Government Medical College (Goswami); from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Das); from the Department of Biochemistry (Pal); from the Multidisciplinary Research Unit (Saha, Sengupta, Debnath), Agartala Government Medical College, Agartala, India.
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Partha Saha
From the Department of Microbiology and Nodal Officer, Multidisciplinary Research Unit, Agartala Government Medical College (Goswami); from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Das); from the Department of Biochemistry (Pal); from the Multidisciplinary Research Unit (Saha, Sengupta, Debnath), Agartala Government Medical College, Agartala, India.
MSc, PhD
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Shauli Sengupta
From the Department of Microbiology and Nodal Officer, Multidisciplinary Research Unit, Agartala Government Medical College (Goswami); from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Das); from the Department of Biochemistry (Pal); from the Multidisciplinary Research Unit (Saha, Sengupta, Debnath), Agartala Government Medical College, Agartala, India.
MSc, MPhil
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Manti Debnath
From the Department of Microbiology and Nodal Officer, Multidisciplinary Research Unit, Agartala Government Medical College (Goswami); from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Das); from the Department of Biochemistry (Pal); from the Multidisciplinary Research Unit (Saha, Sengupta, Debnath), Agartala Government Medical College, Agartala, India.
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Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2025, 46 (4) 352-357; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2025.46.4.20240964
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