Intensified glucose lowering in type 2 diabetes: Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

Diabetologia

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 705-706

  DeVries, J H ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Glycaemic control; Guidelines; Risk factors; Risk reduction; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLICLAZIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INDAPAMIDE PLUS PERINDOPRIL; INSULIN; METFORMIN; ROSIGLITAZONE; SULFONYLUREA;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS;

EID: 79953737566     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-010-1991-6     Document Type: Letter

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