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By Mayo Clinic staffThe glucose tolerance test, also known as the oral glucose tolerance test, measures your body's response to sugar (glucose). The glucose tolerance test can be used to screen for type 2 diabetes. More commonly, a modified version of the glucose tolerance test is used to diagnose gestational diabetes — a type of diabetes that develops only during pregnancy.
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- Diagnosis of diabetes. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/diagnosis/diagnosis.pdf. Accessed May 21, 2010.
- What I need to know about gestational diabetes. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/gestational/gestationalDM.pdf. Accessed May 21, 2010.
- McCulloch DK. Screening for diabetes mellitus. http://www.uptodate.com. Accessed May 28, 2010.
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