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Gestational diabetes mellitus screening and diagnosis: a prospective randomised controlled trial comparing costs of one-step and two-step methods

  1. SJ Meltzer1,
  2. J Snyder2,
  3. JR Penrod3,
  4. M Nudi1,
  5. L Morin4

Article first published online: 26 JAN 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02475.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 117, Issue 4, pages 407–415, March 2010

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Meltzer, S., Snyder, J., Penrod, J., Nudi, M. and Morin, L. (2010), Gestational diabetes mellitus screening and diagnosis: a prospective randomised controlled trial comparing costs of one-step and two-step methods. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 117: 407–415. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02475.x

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  1. 1

    Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

  2. 2

    Department of Clinical Nutrition, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada

  3. 3

    Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

  4. 4

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

*Dr SJ Meltzer, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Center, 687 Pine Avenue West, M9, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 1A1. Email sara.meltzer@mcgill.ca

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 26 JAN 2010
  3. Accepted 25 November 2009. Published Online 26 January 2010.

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