Diet plus insulin compared to diet alone in the treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1297-1300

  Giuffrida, Fernando M A ^a,b   Castro, A A ^a   Atallah, A N ^a   Dib, S A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diet therapy; Fetal macrosomia; Gestational; Insulin; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN INSULIN; INSULIN; ISOPHANE INSULIN;

ADULT; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0142179312     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003001000004     Document Type: Review

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