Diabetes care, glycemic control, and complications in children with type 1 diabetes from Asia and the Western Pacific Region
Journal of Diabetes and its ComplicationsPublished 1 September 2007
Maria E. Craig, Timothy W. Jones, Martin Silink, Yeo Jing Ping
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There is marked variability in glycemic control, hypoglycemia, complication rates, and diabetes care among children from the Western Pacific Region, placing them at high risk of microvascular complications.
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There is marked variability in glycemic control, hypoglycemia, complication rates, and diabetes care among children from the Western Pacific Region. Most are not achieving adequate glycemic control, placing them at high risk of microvascular complications.
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