Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 61-62 , October 2003

Inadequacy of therapeutic education: a risk factor of hypoglycaemia

  • Carmine Lepore

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine-F, Lastaria Hospital, Lucera (Foggia), Italy
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  • Gianluca Iacobellis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Endocrinology, “La Sapienza” University, Clinica Medica 2, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39-6-4424-0932; fax: +39-6-4997-0524
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  • Domenico Merante

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes Unit, Medical Department Eli Lilly Italia, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Antonucci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine-F, Lastaria Hospital, Lucera (Foggia), Italy

Received 3 March 2003 ,Revised 8 July 2003 ,Accepted 11 July 2003.

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PII: S0168-8227(03)00170-0

doi: 10.1016/S0168-8227(03)00170-0

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 62, Issue 1 , Pages 61-62 , October 2003

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