Involving patients can work in home blood glucose testing
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Home monitoring of blood glucose by diabetic patients.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.103/b