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Diabetes in the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Paul V Knight
Paul V Knight*
Affiliation:
Lightburn Hospital, Glasgow, UK
*
Paul V Knight, Consultant Physician, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Lightburn Hospital, Glasgow G32 6ND, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , February 1993 , pp. 39 - 53
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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