Frequent hypoglycemia among elderly patients with poor glycemic control

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 362-364

  Munshi, Medha N ^a,b   Segal, Alissa R ^a   Suhl, Emmy ^a   Staum, Elizabeth ^a   Desrochers, Laura ^a   Sternthal, Adrianne ^a   Giusti, Judy ^a   McCartney, Richard ^a   Lee, Yishan ^a   Bonsignore, Patricia ^c   Weinger, Katie ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Valley Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; ELDERLY CARE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA;

EID: 79952207468     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.539     Document Type: Article

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