Self monitoring of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes

Editorial

Martin Gulliford. BMJ. 2008.

. 2008 May 24;336(7654):1139-40.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.39538.469421.80. Epub 2008 Apr 17.

Abstract

May not be clinically beneficial or cost effective and may reduce quality of life

Competing interests: None declared.

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