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Gestational Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes


Gestational diabetes

Alternative Names:
Glucose intolerance during pregnancy

Symptoms:

Note: Usually there are no symptoms.



Signs and tests:

An oral glucose tolerance test between the 24th and 28th weeks of pregnancy is the main test for gestational diabetes.




Review Date: 8/8/2005
Reviewed By: Sharon Roseanne Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Fellow, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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