Glucose control and vascular complications in veterans with type 2 diabetes.

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Published in N Engl J Med on December 17, 2008

Authors

William Duckworth1, Carlos Abraira, Thomas Moritz, Domenic Reda, Nicholas Emanuele, Peter D Reaven, Franklin J Zieve, Jennifer Marks, Stephen N Davis, Rodney Hayward, Stuart R Warren, Steven Goldman, Madeline McCarren, Mary Ellen Vitek, William G Henderson, Grant D Huang, VADT Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care Center, Phoenix, AZ 85012, USA. william.duckworth@va.gov

Associated clinical trials:

Glycemic Control and Complications in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 (VADT) (VADT) | NCT00032487

FLuctuATion Reduction With inSULin and Glp-1 Added togetheR (FLAT-SUGAR) (FLAT-SUGAR) | NCT01524705

HbA1c Variability in Type II Diabetes | NCT02879409

Allopurinol in Diabetes Mellitus and Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease | NCT03700645

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