The relationship between metabolic control and vascular complications of diabetes mellitus.
Animal studies strongly support the notion that the microvascular complications of diabetes are a consequence of the metabolic derangements. The evidence from human studies is not nearly as persuasive, but controlled prospective clinical trials are examining this issue more incisively than has been possible previously.
Godine
J E
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Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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