PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nasr, Christian E.
AU  - Hoogwerf, Byron J.
AU  - Faiman, Charles
AU  - Reddy, S. Sethu K.
TI  - United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS)
DP  - 1999 Apr 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 247--253
VI  - 66
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/66/4/247.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/66/4/247.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1999 Apr 01; 66
AB  - The United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) showed that intensive treatment (ie, glucose-lowering drugs, with a goal fasting blood glucose level of 108 mg/dL) decreases the microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus. We summarize the key study results and their implications for clinical management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.