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Dysglycaemia and Other Predictors for Progression or Regression from Impaired Fasting Glucose to Diabetes or

L de Abreu1, Kara L Holloway1, Mark A Kotowicz2

  • 1School of Medicine, Deakin University, 285 Ryrie Street, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia.

Journal of Diabetes Research
|August 15, 2015
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