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Human breath gas analysis in the screening of gestational diabetes mellitus.
Diabetes technology & therapeutics - 1 Oct 2012
Halbritter Susanne, Fedrigo Mattia, Höllriegl Vera, Szymczak Wilfried, Maier Joerg M, Ziegler Anette-Gabriele, Hummel Michael
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We present a pilot study on the feasibility of the application and advantages of online, noninvasive breath gas analysis (BGA) by proton transfer reaction quadrupole mass spectrometry for the screening of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in 52 pregnant women by means of an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We collected and identified samples of end-tidal breath gas from...
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