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Prevalence of diabetes mellitus amongst hospitalized tuberculosis patients at an Indian tertiary care center: A descriptive analysis

BACKGROUND: India has a high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) as well as diabetes mellitus (DM). DM is a chronic disease caused by deficiency of insulin production by the pancreas. The risk of TB amongst DM patients is three times higher than those without. The estimated national prevalence of DM is...

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Autores principales: Pande, Tripti, Huddart, Sophie, Xavier, Wilbin, Kulavalli, Srivathsa, Chen, Tanya, Pai, Madhukar, Saravu, Kavitha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6051633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30021016
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200838