Diabetes in the elderly

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-29

  Knight, Paul V ^a   McKenzie, Alan ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIET THERAPY; EYE DISEASE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0030961957     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259897000038     Document Type: Review

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