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A sweeter life for diabetics?

Nature Medicine volume 1, pages 1132–1133 (1995)Cite this article

Monitoring blood glucose is a painful ritual for diabetics. Now, however, noninvasive measurement is possible (pages 1198–1201).

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Guy, R. A sweeter life for diabetics?. Nat Med 1, 1132–1133 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1195-1132

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