Role of A1c in the postpartum screening of women with gestational diabetes

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 687-690

  Benaiges, D ^a,b   Chillaron, J J ^a,b   Pedro Botet, J ^a,b   Mas, A ^a   Puig De Dou, J ^a   Sagarra, E ^a   Carrera, M J ^a   Goday, A ^a,b   Flores Le Roux, J A ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes; Glycosylated haemoglobin; Impaired glucose tolerance; Prediabetes; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CAUCASIAN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MASS SCREENING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREDIABETIC STATE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84879314636     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2013.788639     Document Type: Article

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