Medical examiner cases associated with previously undiagnosed diabetes mellitus, North Carolina, 1994

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-154

  Bell, Ronny A ^a,b   Howard, Dawn ^a,b   Norman, Marilyn ^a,b   Butts, John ^a,c   Lengerich, Eugene J ^a,b  

^a Hlth N ^*

^b Division of Community Health   (United States)

^c Div of Postmortem Med Examination   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPEROSMOLARITY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 0031850209     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199802000-00006     Document Type: Article

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