Revisiting healthcare accessibility in gestational diabetes during the "pregnancy and infant loss awareness month": are we looking at the bigger picture?

Acta Diabetol

Medical Science Program Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2400, Porto Alegre, 90035-000, Brazil.

Published: February 2023

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