Increased hemoglobin A1c in obese pregnant women after exclusion of gestational diabetes

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1152-1154

  Ensenauer, Regina ^a   Gmach, Julia ^a   Nehring, Ina ^b   Von Kries, Rüdiger ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM DISORDERS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863604218     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.181446     Document Type: Letter

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