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Glycemic control: please agree to disagree

Authors: Jean-Charles Preiser, Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 9/2016

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Title: Glycemic control: please agree to disagree
Authors: Jean-Charles Preiser
Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten
Publication date: 01-09-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 9/2016
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4374-8

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