Variations in the Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus With Remote Testing and a Pragmatic Solution to Improve Accuracy
Open Access
- 1 January 2021
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Care
- Vol. 44 (1), E4-E5
- https://doi.org/10.2337/dc20-2211
Abstract
A recent article (1) and Commentary (2) in Diabetes Care have raised issues with respect to the method of handling blood samples for oral glucose tolerance testKeywords
Funding Information
- The University of Western Australia (PG 63000694)
- Lishman Health Foundation (PG 63000695)
- Diabetes Australia (Y17G-MARJ)
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