Diabetes in pregnancy: To screen or not to screen

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-

  Simpson, Kathleen Rice ^a  

^a ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650905130     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e3181fb12c8     Document Type: Note

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