Could clinical inertia in part explain the unexpected association of insulin therapy with poorer cardiovascular outcomes in observational studies on diabetes?

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Giorda, Carlo B ^a  

^a Maggiore Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; STROKE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79957988855     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.10.010     Document Type: Letter

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