Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 361-363 , November 2005

Myocardial injury with biomarker elevation in diabetic ketoacidosis

  • Niels Moller

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department M (Endocrinology and Diabetes), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Medical Research Laboratories, Medical Department M, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus C DK-8000, Denmark. Tel.: +45 89 49 21 65; fax: +45 89 49 20 10
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  • Anne-Catherine H. Foss

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department M (Endocrinology and Diabetes), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark
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  • Claus H. Gravholt

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department M (Endocrinology and Diabetes), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark
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  • Ulrik M. Mortensen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark
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  • Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark
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  • Carl E. Mogensen

      Affiliations

    • Medical Department M (Endocrinology and Diabetes), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark

Received 25 January 2005 ,Revised 8 April 2005 ,Accepted 22 April 2005.

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PII: S1056-8727(05)00042-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2005.04.003

Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 361-363 , November 2005

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