Intensive glycaemic control for patients with type 2 diabetes: systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomised clinical trials.

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Published in BMJ on November 24, 2011

Authors

Bianca Hemmingsen1, Søren S Lund, Christian Gluud, Allan Vaag, Thomas Almdal, Christina Hemmingsen, Jørn Wetterslev

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1: Copenhagen Trial Unit, Center for Clinical Intervention Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark. bh@ctu.rh.dk

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