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Deischinger, C., Harreiter, J. Comment to the letter to the editor “Gremlin-1 in pregnancy and postpartum: health risk monitoring of women with gestational diabetes mellitus” by Tamayuki Kawada, published in Acta Diabetologica as a comment to the publication “Gremlin-1 in pregnancy and postpartum: relation to the fatty liver index, markers of bone health, glucose metabolism and gestational diabetes mellitus status”. Acta Diabetol 61, 137–138 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-023-02200-1
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