Is the Frequency of Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Related to Long-Term Metabolic Control? Multicenter Analysis Including 24500 Patients from 191 Centers in Germany and Austria

M. Schütt; W. Kern; U. Krause; P. Busch; A. Dapp; R. Grziwotz; I. Mayer; J. Rosenbauer; C. Wagner; A. Zimmermann; W. Kerner; R. W. Holl; null for the DPV initiative

doi:10.1055/s-2006-924152

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes, Table of Contents

Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2006; 114(7): 384-388
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924152

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J. A. Barth Verlag in Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Is the Frequency of Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Related to Long-Term Metabolic Control? Multicenter Analysis Including 24 500 Patients from 191 Centers in Germany and Austria

M. Schütt¹ , W. Kern,² , U. Krause³ , P. Busch,⁴ , A. Dapp⁵ , R. Grziwotz,⁶ , I. Mayer⁷ , J. Rosenbauer,⁸ , C. Wagner⁹ , A. Zimmermann,¹⁰ , W. Kerner¹¹ , R. W. Holl³ , for the DPV initiative

¹Curschmann-Klinik, Timmendorfer Strand, Germany
²Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
³University of Ulm, Department of Epidemiology, Ulm, Germany
⁴SLK Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH, Klinikum Am Gesundbrunnen, Medizinische Klinik II, Heilbronn, Germany
⁵Diabeteszentrum am Klinikum, Spaichingen, Germany
⁶Dialysezentrum/Schwerpunktpraxis, Recklinghausen, Germany
⁷Kreiskrankenhaus Rastatt, Rastatt, Germany
⁸Institute for Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
⁹Diabetes-Schwerpunktpraxis, Saaldorf-Surheim, Germany
¹⁰Diabetes-Schwerpunktpraxis, Bad Aibling, Germany
¹¹Heart and Diabetes Center Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Department of Diabetes and Diseases of Metabolism, Karlsburg, Germany

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