Delayed diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis and associated mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Timothy P. Foster
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Timothy P. Foster, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, 1699 SW 16th Ave, Building A, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA.
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Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDesmond A. Schatz
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Timothy P. Foster
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Correspondence
Timothy P. Foster, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, 1699 SW 16th Ave, Building A, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorMichael J. Haller
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMark A. Atkinson
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDesmond A. Schatz
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFunding information: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation United States of America, Grant/Award Number: 5-SRA-2018-557-Q-R; Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, Grant/Award Number: 2018PG-T1D053
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