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The authors wish to thank Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development for funding the project. All metabolome analyses were carried out at the Centre for Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics of the University of Auckland. K.S. and P.N.B. are supported by Gravida: National Centre for Growth and Development (New Zealand); J.V.D.S. by the Agnes Paykel Trust (New Zealand).
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He, X., de Seymour, J.V., Sulek, K. et al. Maternal hair metabolome analysis identifies a potential marker of lipid peroxidation in gestational diabetes mellitus. Acta Diabetol 53, 119–122 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-015-0737-9
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