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Published in: Diabetologia 5/2011

01-05-2011 | Letter

Finnish Current Care Guideline for Diabetes: interactive approach to improve individualised treatment

Authors: A. Virkamäki, J. Saltevo

Published in: Diabetologia | Issue 5/2011

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Dr R. Kahn recently wrote a Commentary in Diabetologia regarding the need to improve clinical guidelines [1]. We would like to highlight some practical and readily available ways of overcoming many of the problems raised by Kahn in his excellent paper. …
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Metadata
Title
Finnish Current Care Guideline for Diabetes: interactive approach to improve individualised treatment
Authors
A. Virkamäki
J. Saltevo
Publication date
01-05-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Diabetologia / Issue 5/2011
Print ISSN: 0012-186X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-011-2056-1

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