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The Decision to Intensify Therapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Results from an Experiment Using a Clinical Case Vignette

Richard W. Grant, Karen E. Lutfey, Eric Gerstenberger, Carol L. Link, Lisa D. Marceau and John B. McKinlay
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2009, 22 (5) 513-520; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.05.080232

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