Gestational diabetes - Whom do we treat?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1396-1398

  Sacks, David A ^a  

^a KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

EDITORIAL; FETUS DEATH; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEWBORN DISEASE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 70349613581     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0907617     Document Type: Editorial

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