Szu-Chi Chen

TL;DR: A two-stage association study on two separate subject sets, using direct human leukocyte antigen genotyping and SNP-based genome-wide association study, shows results that could be useful for antithyroid-induced agranulocytosis and potentially for agranulateosis caused by other chemicals.

TL;DR: The International Association of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Group (IADPSG) criteria for gestational diabetes are associated with increased prevalence, but it remains unknown if intervention for more women with Gestational diabetes mellitus by the IadPSG criteria results in better pregnancy outcomes than adopting the Carpenter and Coustan criteria in Asian populations.

TL;DR: Overweight/obesity is associated with clustering of metabolic risk factors in early pregnancy, which is correlated with higher risk of GDM, and metabolic risk Factors during early pregnancy should be evaluated in overweight/obese women.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identified the weak regions, in terms of mechanical strength, in chips in a semiconductor wafer using the three-point bending test, which was observed in two sectors approximately 45/spl deg/m wide, axisymmetric to the wafer center.

TL;DR: Change of IR can be used as a surrogate marker of incident diabetes, and subjects with pre-diabetes or metabolic syndrome were associated with a more rapid increase of IR.