Anemia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Common but Neglected Clinical Finding.

Maheera  Farooqi; Yusra  Tahir; Bahar Rehan

doi:10.23750/abm.v93i1.11204

Anemia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Common but Neglected Clinical Finding.

Authors

Maheera Farooqi 1MBBS, Department of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Baba-e-Urdu Road, Karachi-74200, Pakistan.
Yusra Tahir MBBS, Department of Internal Medicine, Bahria University Medical & Dental College, D.H.A. phase 2, Karachi Cantonment, Karachi-75500, Pakistan.
Bahar Rehan 1MBBS, Department of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Baba-e-Urdu Road, Karachi-74200, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3638-4785

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v93i1.11204

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Anemia, Type 2 diabetes, Management, Pakistan.

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14-03-2022

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Farooqi M, Tahir Y, Rehan B. Anemia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Common but Neglected Clinical Finding. Acta Biomed. 2022;93(1):e2022044. doi:10.23750/abm.v93i1.11204

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