The impact of severe hypoglycemia and impaired awareness of hypoglycemia on relatives of patients with type 1 diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1106-1109

  Jørgensen, Hanne V ^a   Pedersen Bjergaard, Ulrik ^c   Rasmussen, Åse K ^a,b   Borch Johnsen, Knut ^a  

^a STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0038675607     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.4.1106     Document Type: Article

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