Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 87, Issue 2 , Pages 252-260 , February 2010

Evaluation and comparison of guidelines for the management of people with type 2 diabetes from eight European countries

  • M.A. Stone

      Affiliations

    • University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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  • J.C. Wilkinson

      Affiliations

    • University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • G. Charpentier

      Affiliations

    • Center Hospitalier Sud Francilien, Corbeil, France
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  • N. Clochard

      Affiliations

    • Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • G. Grassi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
    • ,
  • U. Lindblad

      Affiliations

    • Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
    • ,
  • U.A. Müller

      Affiliations

    • Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
    • ,
  • J. Nolan

      Affiliations

    • St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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  • G.E. Rutten

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands
    • ,
  • K. Khunti

      Affiliations

    • University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, 22-28 Princess Road, West Leicester LE1 6TP, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 0 116 252 5445; fax: +44 0 116 252 5413.
    • ,
  • on behalf of the GUIDANCE Study Group

Received 13 August 2009 ,Revised 8 October 2009 ,Accepted 26 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2009.10.020

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 87, Issue 2 , Pages 252-260 , February 2010

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