Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus - Do the new WHO criteria make a difference?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 376-380

  Schmidt, Maria Inês ^a,e   Matos, M C ^a   Reichelt, A J ^b   Costa Forti, A ^c   De Lima, L ^d   Duncan, B B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes mellitus; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0034040839     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2000.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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