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Clinical Management of the Child and Teenager with Diabetes.
  1. SALLY STRANG
  1. Paediatric diabetes specialist nurse

    https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.81.2.195d

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      Clinical Management of the Child and Teenager with Diabetes. Edited by Plotnick L. (Pp 268; paperback, £20.50; hardback, £45.50.) Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1999. ISBN 0 801 85909 3 paperback; 0 801 85908 5 hardback.

      The evidence provided by the diabetes control and complications trial (DCCT) exerts considerable pressure on clinicians to help their patients achieve optimal blood glucose control. This book has been written to provide detailed information for primary care physicians who, due to shifting responsibilities in the USA away from specialist teams, are becoming increasingly involved with the care of children with diabetes.

      Initially, the book appears rather wordy, having few …

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