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Research Articles
72 Prevalence and covariates of electrocardiographic left ventricular
hypertrophy in diabetic patients in Tanzania
JJK Lutale, H thordarson, Z Gulam-Abbas, K Vetvik, E Gerdts
79 Blood pressure response to an exercise treadmill test, and
echocardiographic left ventricular geometry in Nigerian normotensive
diabetics
EA Ajayi, MO Balogun, OA Akintomide, RA Adebayo, OE Ajayi, RT Ikem,
SA Ogunyemi, AT Oyedeji
83 Increased relative wall thickness is a marker of subclinical cardiac
target-organ damage in African diabetic patients
P Chillo, J Lwakatare, J Lutale, E Gerdts