Letter to the Editor – Defining Diabetes Mellitus

Nevio Cimolai

doi:10.1055/a-1135-8636

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes, Table of Contents

Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2021; 129(11): 851-852
DOI: 10.1055/a-1135-8636

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor – Defining Diabetes Mellitus

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Nevio Cimolai

¹The University of British, Columbia and Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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