Abbreviations
- GP:
-
General Practitioner
- ICD:
-
International Classification of Diseases
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Asghari, S., Mahdavian, M. Secondary analysis of electronic databases: potentials and limitations. Diabetologia 56, 2096–2097 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-013-2979-9
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