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Improving IV Insulin Administration in a Community Hospital
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Improving IV Insulin Administration in a Community Hospital

Published on: June 11, 2012

[Use of a portable drug administration system for long-term insulin administration to diabetics]

Ia Kh Turakulov, Z S Akbarov, B U Allamiiarov

    Problemy Endokrinologii
    |March 1, 1987
    PubMed

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