The impact of potential new diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 338-340

  Moses, Robert G ^a   Morris, Gary J ^b   Petocz, Peter ^c   Sangil, Fernando ^a   Garg, Dinesh ^a  

^a WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Southern IML Pathology ^*  (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 79955489588     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03001.x     Document Type: Article

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