Prevalence and Determinants of Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Attending a Tertiary Care Center in the United Arab Emirates
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Juma M Al-Kaabi1, Fatma Al Maskari2*, Taoufik Zoubeidi3, Abdishakur Abdulle1, Syed M Shah2, Paul Cragg4, Bachar Afandi4 and Abdul-Kader Souid5 1Departments of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences; UAE University, UAE 2Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences; UAE University, UAE 3Department of Statistics, College of Business and Economics, UAE University, UAE 4Diabetes Center, Tawam-Jones Hopkins Hospital, UAE 5Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences; UAE University, UAE
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