Gestational diabetes: A reappraisal of HBA1c as a screening test

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1159-1163

  Agarwal, Mukesh M ^a   Dhatt, Gurdeep S ^b   Punnose, John ^c   Koster, Gertrude ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes; HBA1c; Screening

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 28344454473     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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