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Does an intensive multifactorial intervention reduce mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism volume 4, pages 434–435 (2008)Cite this article

Gaede P et al. (2008) Effect of a multifactorial intervention on mortality in type 2 diabetes. N Engl J Med 358: 580–591

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  1. Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, Mount Sinai Hospital, Lebovic Building, Room L5-024, 60 Murray Street, Toronto, ON M5T 3L9, Canada zinman@mshri.on.ca

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  1. B Zinman is Senior Scientist at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Director of the Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, and the Sam and Judy Pencer Family Chair in Diabetes Research at Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto, Canada.,

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