Needle phobia in patients with Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus is difficult to manage. We report a case of long-standing needle phobia in a patient with 33 years of Type 1 diabetes mellitus who has developed very few vascular complications. Further studies are required to identify the p
Depressive symptoms in African-American type 1 diabetics
β Scribed by Alec Roy; Monique Roy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 64 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1091-4269
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