Long-term complications in newly diagnosed Sri Lankan patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 439-443

  Weerasuriya, N ^a   Siribaddana, S ^b   Dissanayake, A ^a   Subasinghe, Z ^c   Wariyapola, D ^c   Fernando, D J S ^a,d  

^a University of Sri Jayawardenapura   (Sri Lanka)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Sri Jayawardenapura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^d NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SRI LANKA; STROKE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0031805241     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.6.439     Document Type: Article

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