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Original Article

Diabetes treatment and hypoglycaemic episodes in elderly patients at nursing homes in Uppsala County

Angelica WalfridssonÖstervåla Primary Health Care Centre, Östervåla, Sweden;
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Maja SehlbergUppsala University, Faculty of Biomedicine, Uppsala, Sweden;
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Ulrika GillespieUppsala University Hospital (Akademiska Sjukhuset), Uppsala, Sweden;
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Jonathan DahlkvistUppsala Läns Landsting, Uppsala, Sweden;
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Hans-Erik JohanssonÖstervåla Primary Health Care Centre, Östervåla, Sweden; ;Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences/Geriatrics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 179-183 | Received 15 Dec 2015, Accepted 30 May 2016, Published online: 30 Jun 2016

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