Lower A 1c targets in type 2 diabetes and increased mortality: Causal or casual?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1033-1034

  Garber, Alan J ^a   Newcomer, John W ^b   Hennekens, Charles H ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; METABOLISM; EDITORIAL;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS;

EID: 84888133971     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.04.014     Document Type: Editorial

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