Diabetic complications and glycaemic control in remote North Africa

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 793-798

  Gill, G V ^a   Gebrekidan, A ^b   English, P ^a   Wile, D ^a   Tesfaye, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b Mekelle University   (Ethiopia)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATINE; CREATININE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSTHESIOMETRY; CATARACT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORTH AFRICA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 53049085910     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn096     Document Type: Article

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