Gestational diabetes: Is a 50-g screening result ≥ 200 mg/dL diagnostic?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 685-688

  Shivvers, Stephan A ^a   Lucas, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes; Glucose tolerance test; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ADULT; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032859525     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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