Updating pregnancy diabetes guidelines: Is (y)our laboratory ready?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2016, Pages e225-e227

  Van Den Berg, Sjoerd A A ^a   Van Thiel, Sjoerd W ^a   Thelen, Marc H M ^a  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citrate buffered; diabetes; guideline; pre analysis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SODIUM FLUORIDE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHLEBOTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; PREGNANCY;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84978428143     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2015-1111     Document Type: Letter

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