Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 176-177 , May 2005

Camel milk as an adjunct to insulin therapy improves long-term glycemic control and reduction in doses of insulin in patients with type-1 diabetes: A 1 year randomized controlled trial

  • R.P. Agrawal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, S.P. Medical College, Bikaner 334003, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: 2, Adarsh Colony, Bikaner 334003, India. Tel.: +91 151 2202431; fax: +91 151 2541931.
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  • R. Beniwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, S.P. Medical College, Bikaner 334003, India
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  • D.K. Kochar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, S.P. Medical College, Bikaner 334003, India
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  • F.C. Tuteja

      Affiliations

    • National Research Center on Camel, Bikaner, India
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  • S.K. Ghorui

      Affiliations

    • National Research Center on Camel, Bikaner, India
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  • M.S. Sahani

      Affiliations

    • National Research Center on Camel, Bikaner, India
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  • S. Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, India

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PII: S0168-8227(05)00010-0

doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2004.12.007

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 176-177 , May 2005