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Original Article

The prescription cost of managing people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes following initiation of treatment with either insulin glargine or insulin detemir in routine general practice in the UK: a retrospective database analysis

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Pages S41-S48 | Accepted 11 Jan 2007, Published online: 07 Feb 2007

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