Home glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes: is it a waste of time?

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Published in Diabet Med on June 16, 1994

Authors

A W Patrick1, G V Gill, I A MacFarlane, A Cullen, E Power, M Wallymahmed

Author Affiliations

1: Diabetes Centre, Walton Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

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