Author's response to reviews Title: Prevalence of depression and associated risk factors among persons with type-2 diabetes mellitus without a prior psychiatric history: a cross-sectional study in clinical settings in urban Nepal Authors:
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Kiran Niraula ([email protected]) Brandon A Kohrt ([email protected]) Meerjady S Flora ([email protected]) Narbada Thapa ([email protected]) Shirin J Mumu ([email protected]) Rahul Pathak ([email protected]) Babill Pederson ([email protected]) Pukar Ghimire ([email protected]) Bhawana Regmi ([email protected]) Roshni Shrestha ([email protected])
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