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Single test for gestational diabetes screening lacks evidence


 

In an interview conducted before a consensus panel decided to stay with two-step testing for gestational diabetes, Dr. E. Albert Reece, dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, and the John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the university, discussed the need for more evidence on a one-step screening approach

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