Diabetes in pregnancy among Lankan women: gestational or pre-gestational?

Silva, K.G.H.; Ranaweera, A.K.P.; Abewardhana, R.; Rishard, M.R.M.; Wijeyaratne, C.N.

dc.contributor.author	Silva, K.G.H.
dc.contributor.author	Ranaweera, A.K.P.
dc.contributor.author	Abewardhana, R.
dc.contributor.author	Rishard, M.R.M.
dc.contributor.author	Wijeyaratne, C.N.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-11-30T04:24:14Z
dc.date.available	2011-11-30T04:24:14Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.citation	Annual Research Proceedings, University of Colombo held on June 2011	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/531
dc.description.abstract	Introduction There is an exponential rise in the occurrence of diabetes during pregnancy in South Asia. But data is sparse on the actual pre-gestation diabetes (PGDM) versus gestational diabetes (GDM) case-mix. The applicability of the WHO gold standard diagnostic tool (75g Oral glucose tolerance test [OGTT]) to be performed in South Asians at the recommended 24- 28 weeks gestation is unknown
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Colombo	en_US
dc.title	Diabetes in pregnancy among Lankan women: gestational or pre-gestational?	en_US
dc.type	Research paper	en_US