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Is hyperglycemia important in acute stroke?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism volume 2, pages 544–545 (2006)Cite this article

boxed-textMatz K et al. (2006) Disorders of glucose metabolism in acute stroke patients: an underrecognized problem. Diabetes Care 29: 792–797

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