Optimal target range for blood glucose in hyperglycaemic patients in a neurocritical care unit
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1479-1641,1752-8984
DOI: 10.1177/1479164114530580