Do HbA1c levels and the self-monitoring of blood glucose levels adequately reflect glycaemic control during pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes mellitus?

Diabetologia

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-28

  Kerssen, A ^a   De Valk, H W ^a   Visser, G H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuous Glucose Monitoring System; Glycaemic control; HbA1c level; Pregnancy; Self monitoring of blood glucose levels; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SELF MONITORING; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; BLOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; MONITORING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 31444436189     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-005-0057-7     Document Type: Article

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