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Postpartum diabetes screening for women with gestational diabetes: Are we missing an opportunity for prevention?

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Homko, C.J. Postpartum diabetes screening for women with gestational diabetes: Are we missing an opportunity for prevention?. Curr Diab Rep 8, 277–278 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-008-0049-3

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