The importance of postpartum glucose tolerance testing after pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 650-654

  McClean, S ^a   Farrar, D ^a   Kelly, C A ^a   Tuffnell, D J ^a   Whitelaw, D C ^a  

^a BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes; Glucose tolerance test; Screening

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PUERPERIUM; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952720821     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03001.x     Document Type: Review

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