Glucose control in Rwandan youth with type 1 diabetes following establishment of systematic, HbA1c based, care and education

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 113-122

  Marshall, Sara L ^a   Edidin, Deborah V ^c   Arena, Vincent C ^a   Becker, Dorothy J ^b   Bunker, Clareann H ^a   Gishoma, Crispin ^e   Gishoma, Francois ^e   LaPorte, Ronald E ^a   Kaberuka, Vedaste ^e   Ogle, Graham ^d   Sibomana, Laurien ^a   Orchard, Trevor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d International Diabetes Federation Life for a Child Program   (Australia)

^e Association Rwandaise des Diabetiques   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Africa; Diabetes; Youth

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RWANDA; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RWANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922789079     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.09.045     Document Type: Article

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