Profile of diabetic ketoacidosis in a predominantly African American urban patient population

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 234-237

  Seyoum, Berhane ^a   Berhanu, Paulos ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissions; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34447521901     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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