Gestational 'impaired glucose tolerance': Should the cut-off be raised to 9 mmol l-1?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-29

  Lao, T T ^a,b   Lee, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes mellitus; Oral glucose tolerance test; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PARITY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031890234     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199801)15:1<25::AID-DIA497>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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