Gestational diabetes mellitus: To screen or not to screen?: Is this really still a question?

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2877-2878

  Simmons, David ^a,b   Moses, Robert G ^c  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONSENSUS; ENDOCRINE PANCREAS FUNCTION TEST; GLUCOSE CHALLENGE TEST; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDITY;

DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84891866897     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc13-0833     Document Type: Note

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