Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 47-53 , October 2003

Screening tests for gestational diabetes in Japan in the 1st and 2nd trimester of pregnancy

  • Yuka Maegawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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  • Takashi Sugiyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-59-231-5023; fax: +81-59-231-5202
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  • Hideto Kusaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
    • ,
  • Masaru Mitao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hiroshima Municipal Asa Hospital, Asa, Hiroshima 731-0293, Japan
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  • Nagayasu Toyoda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan

Received 4 September 2002 ,Revised 22 April 2003 ,Accepted 6 June 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0168-8227(03)00146-3

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 47-53 , October 2003

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