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Diabetes: Original Article

Hypoglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes from India and Malaysia treated with sitagliptin or a sulfonylurea during Ramadan: a randomized, pragmatic study

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Pages 1289-1296 | Accepted 25 Jun 2012, Published online: 06 Jul 2012

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