Diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus: Use of a glucose screen without administering the glucose tolerance test

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 395-400

  Landy, Helain J ^a,b   Gómez Marín, Orlando ^a   O'Sullivan, Mary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0343832243     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(95)00460-2     Document Type: Article

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