Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 407-408 , June 2011

Comment on: “Evaluation and comparison of guidelines for the management of people with type 2 diabetes from eight European countries” by Stone et al. on behalf of the GUIDANCE study group (Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2010; 87(2): 252–60)

Received 17 January 2010 ,Accepted 15 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.06.019

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 407-408 , June 2011