240918-Tanimura-Diabetes-Summary (IMAGE)

Kobe University

240918-Tanimura-Diabetes-Summary

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Using a multi-step screening scheme that strikes a balance between the least burden on the pregnant women and high test sensitivity, the Kobe University obstetrician TANIMURA Kenji and his graduate student TOMIMOTO Masako measured how many women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus would have been missed had they used only the widely used, convenient casual blood glucose test.

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Kobe University

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