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GUIDELINES ON DIABETES, PRE-DIABETES, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

https://doi.org/10.20996/1819-6446-2007-3-5-88-111

Abstract

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

About the Authors

L. Ryden

Russian Federation


E. Standl

Russian Federation


M. Bartnik

Russian Federation


G. Van den Berghe

Russian Federation


J. Betteridge

Russian Federation


M.J. de Boer

Russian Federation


F. Cosentino

Russian Federation


B. Jonsson

Russian Federation


M. Laakso

Russian Federation


K. Malmberg

Russian Federation


S. Priori

Russian Federation


J. Ostergren

Russian Federation


J. Tuomilehto

Russian Federation


I. Thrainsdottir

Russian Federation


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