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The use of insulin in type 2 diabetes
- Abstract:
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Oral agents have traditionally been the first line pharmacological therapy for type 2 diabetes. However, it is known from the UKPDS trial that these agents fail to control glycaemia over the long term and overall about 6% of patients need to be transferred onto insulin therapy every year. In addition insulin has been tested as a first line therapy in the UKPDS trial and found to be equally efficacious as sulphonylureas in controlling glycaemia and preventing complications early in the course ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Volume:
- 107
- Issue:
- SUPPL. 2
- Pages:
- S34-S38
- Host title:
- EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY and DIABETES
- Publication date:
- 1999-01-01
- ISSN:
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0947-7349
- Source identifiers:
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72896
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- pubs:72896
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 1999
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