Impaired glucose tolerance - Fact or fiction

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3 SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages

  Alberti, K G M M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Diagnostic criteria; Impaired glucose tolerance; Oral glucose tolerance test

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FASTING; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0029926691     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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