Tight control of blood glucose in long standing type 2 diabetes

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7700, 2009, Pages 901-

  Lehman, Richard ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^b  

^a Hightown Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 67649225677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b800     Document Type: Editorial

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