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Does fall in tissue glucose precede fall in blood glucose?

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Abbreviations

IIT:

Intensified insulin therapy

DCCT:

Diabetes Control and Complications Trial

IDDM:

insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

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  1. Institut für Diabetes-Technologie an der UniversitÄt Ulm, Helmholtzstrasse 20, D-89081, Ulm, Germany

    F. Sternberg, C. Meyerhoff, F. J. Mennel, H. Mayer, F. Bischof &  E. F. Pfeiffer

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Sternberg, F., Meyerhoff, C., Mennel, F.J. et al. Does fall in tissue glucose precede fall in blood glucose?. Diabetologia 39, 609–612 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00403309

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