Effect of Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Pregnancy Outcomes

Caroline A Crowther; Janet E. Hiller; John Moss; Andrew J McPhee; William S. Jeffries; Jeffrey S. Robinson

doi:10.1056/nejmoa042973

Abstract

Treatment of gestational diabetes reduces serious perinatal morbidity and may also improve the woman's health-related quality of life.

Keywords

MedicineRelative riskGestational diabetesObstetricsConfidence intervalPregnancyRandomized controlled trialGestational ageGestationDiabetes mellitusPediatricsSurgeryInternal medicine

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Year: 2005
Type: article
Volume: 352
Issue: 24
Pages: 2477-2486
Citations: 3086
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                                    Caroline A Crowther, 
                                
                                    Janet E. Hiller, 
                                
                                    John Moss
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2005). 
                            Effect of Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Pregnancy Outcomes. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 352
                            (24)
                            , 2477-2486.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa042973
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa042973