Glucose challenge test threshold values in screening for gestational diabetes among black women

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Friedman, Sarah ^a   Khoury Collado, Fady ^a   Dalloul, Mudar ^a   Sherer, David M ^a   Abulafia, Ovadia ^a  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Gestational diabetes; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EVALUATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33744482589     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.03.051     Document Type: Article

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