Can we find out if COVID-19 causes diabetes?

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  • Philip Home Translational and Clinical Research Institute, The Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK

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https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2021.303

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2021-05-28

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