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Original Articles

Prescribing insulin in type 1 diabetes mellitus: an update for general practitioners

, MBChB (UCT), PhD (Med Biochem), FCP (SA), Cert Endocrinology & Metabolism (SA) & , MBChB (UCT), DCH (SA), MMed (Paed), FC Paed (SA) BSc (Hons) Epidem
Pages 30-36 | Published online: 15 Aug 2014

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