Management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes: a consensus algorithm for the initiation and adjustment of therapyA consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes

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[2] Nilsson B-Y(1999)A desk-top guide to type 2 diabetes mellitus Diabet Med 16 716-730

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[4] Ohkubo Y(1993)The effect of long-term intensified insulin treatment on the development of microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus N Engl J Med 329 304-309

[5] Kishikawa H(1998)Intensive blood glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complication in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33) Lancet 352 837-853

[6] Araki E(1998)Effect of intensive blood glucose control with metformin on complication in overweight patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 34) Lancet 352 854-865

[7] Bastien A(1995)Intensive insulin therapy prevents the progression of diabetic microvascular complications in Japanese patients with NIDDM: a randomized prospective 6-year study Diabetes Res Clin Pract 28 103-117

[8] Nathan DM(2003)Intensive diabetes therapy and carotid intima-media thickness in type 1 diabetes N Engl J Med 348 2294-2303

[9] Deeg MA(2005)Intensive diabetes treatment and cardiovascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes N Engl J Med 353 2643-2653

[10] Sheehan MT(2005)ADVANCE: Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: patient recruitment and characteristics of the study population at baseline Diabet Med 22 882-888

[1] Reichard P(2005)Standards of medical care of diabetes Diabetes Care 28 S15-S35

[2] Nilsson B-Y(1999)A desk-top guide to type 2 diabetes mellitus Diabet Med 16 716-730

[3] Rosenqvist U(1993)The effect of intensive diabetes treatment on the development and progression of long-term complications in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial N Engl J Med 329 978-986

[4] Ohkubo Y(1993)The effect of long-term intensified insulin treatment on the development of microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus N Engl J Med 329 304-309

[5] Kishikawa H(1998)Intensive blood glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complication in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33) Lancet 352 837-853

[6] Araki E(1998)Effect of intensive blood glucose control with metformin on complication in overweight patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 34) Lancet 352 854-865

[7] Bastien A(1995)Intensive insulin therapy prevents the progression of diabetic microvascular complications in Japanese patients with NIDDM: a randomized prospective 6-year study Diabetes Res Clin Pract 28 103-117

[8] Nathan DM(2003)Intensive diabetes therapy and carotid intima-media thickness in type 1 diabetes N Engl J Med 348 2294-2303

[9] Deeg MA(2005)Intensive diabetes treatment and cardiovascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes N Engl J Med 353 2643-2653

[10] Sheehan MT(2005)ADVANCE: Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: patient recruitment and characteristics of the study population at baseline Diabet Med 22 882-888