Do low-risk prenatal patients really need a screening glucose challenge test?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 556-561

  Helton, Margaret R ^a   Arndt, Jane ^a   Kebede, Mizanu ^a   King, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes, gestational; Pregnancy outcome; Prenatal diagnosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030950605     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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