Diabetic ketoacidosis: Clinical presentation and precipitating factors at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Mbugua, P K ^a   Otieno, C F ^b   Kayima, J K ^b   Amayo, A A ^b   McLigeyo, S O ^b  

^a KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644593539     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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