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Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus based on various screening strategies in western Kenya: a prospective comparison of point of care diagnostic methods

BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is crucial to prevent short term delivery risks and long term effects such as cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in the mother and infant. Diagnosing GDM in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) however, remains sub-optimal due to associated l...

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Autores principales: Pastakia, Sonak D., Njuguna, Benson, Onyango, Beryl Ajwang’, Washington, Sierra, Christoffersen-Deb, Astrid, Kosgei, Wycliffe K, Saravanan, Ponnusamy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5513206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28705184
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1415-4

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