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. 2013 Oct;36(10):2877-8.
doi: 10.2337/dc13-0833.

Gestational diabetes mellitus: to screen or not to screen?: Is this really still a question?

David Simmons  1 , Robert G Moses
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Gestational diabetes mellitus: to screen or not to screen?: Is this really still a question?

David Simmons et al. Diabetes Care. 2013 Oct.
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