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The Day After: Experts Puzzled Over Increased Death Rate in ACCORD
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Title The Day After: Experts Puzzled Over Increased Death Rate in ACCORD
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569886?src=rss
Description Experts within and outside of the ACCORD trial are equally flummoxed by the finding that the group receiving intensive glucose lowering showed a higher mortality rate than those receiving standard care. Heartwire
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Feb 8, 2008
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