HbA1c Levels are Significantly Lower in Early and Late Pregnancy

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1200-1201

  Nielsen, Lene R ^a   Ekbom, Pia ^a   Damm, Peter ^a   Glümer, Charlotte ^b   Frandsen, Merete M ^b   Jensen, Dorte M ^c   Mathiesen, Elisabeth R ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VALIDATION PROCESS; BLOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PREGNANCY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 2342626736     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.5.1200     Document Type: Article

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