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THERAPY GUIDELINES

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GUIDELINES ON DIABETES, PRE-DIABETES, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

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The Task Force on Diabetes and Cardiovascular diseases of the European Society of Cardiology and of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

Оригинальный текст опубликован в European Heart Journal (2007) 28, 88-136.

Окончание (начало в РФК 2007; 4: 77-99).

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