## Abstract A patient from St Lucia, resident in the UK for 24 years, was found to have fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes who had been misdiagnosed as insulinβdependent diabetes. This case emphasises that British diabetologists dealing with migrant communities should be aware of the possibility of
Cardiac autonomic function in fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes
β Scribed by R. Govindan; A. K. Das
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 314 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0940-5429
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