Fasting plasma glucose is not sufficient to detect ongoing glucose intolerance after pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 234-236

  Kakad, R ^a   Anwar, A ^b   Dyer, P ^c   Webber, J ^d   Dale, J ^a  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes; Glucose tolerance test; Post partum

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77951067255     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1241876     Document Type: Article

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