The benefits of flash glucose monitoring in the UK

Authors

  • Masa Josipovic
  • Mark Evans

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2021.323

Author Biographies

Masa Josipovic

Gates Trust Cambridge Scholar/ PhD Student, Wellcome Trust/ MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK

Mark Evans

University Professor of Diabetic Medicine and Honorary Consultant Physician, Wellcome Trust/ MRC Institute of Metabolic Science & Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK

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Health Technology Wales (HTW) Guidance 004-2 (July 2021). https://www.healthtechnology.wales/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GUI004-FlashGM-FINAL.pdf

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2021-12-17

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