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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 6/2012

01-06-2012 | Editorials

Delaying Blood Pressure Control in Type 2 Diabetes: Illustrating Principles in the Practice of Medicine

Authors: Raj S. Padwal, MD, MSc, Scott W. Klarenbach, MD, MSc

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 6/2012

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“It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.”
—Sir William Osler
(1849–1919)
…
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Metadata
Title
Delaying Blood Pressure Control in Type 2 Diabetes: Illustrating Principles in the Practice of Medicine
Authors
Raj S. Padwal, MD, MSc
Scott W. Klarenbach, MD, MSc
Publication date
01-06-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-012-2034-4

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