Framingham risk equations underestimate coronary heart disease risk in diabetes [4]

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 228-

  Stevens, R J ^a   Coleman, R L ^a   Holman, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; FRAMINGHAM RISK EQUATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 19744383687     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01387.x     Document Type: Letter

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