Suicide by combined insulin and glipizide overdose in a non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus physician: A case report

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-269

  Rao, Nageshkumar G ^a   Menezes, Ritesh G ^b   Nagesh, K R ^a   Kamath, Ganesh S ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

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EID: 33747113743     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.46.3.263     Document Type: Article

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