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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2021; 129(S 01): S106-S118
DOI: 10.1055/a-1284-6778
German Diabetes Association: Clinical Practice Guidelines

Diabetes and Migration

Sebahat Şat
1   MVZ DaVita Rhine-Ruhr, Düsseldorf, Germany
2   DDG Working Group on Diabetes and Migrants, Germany
,
Kadriye Aydınkoç-Tuzcu
2   DDG Working Group on Diabetes and Migrants, Germany
4   Wilhelminenspital of the City of Vienna, 5th Medical Department of Endocrinology, Rheumatology and Acute Geriatrics, Vienna, Austria
6   ÖDG Working Group on Migration and Diabetes, Germany
,
Faize Berger
2   DDG Working Group on Diabetes and Migrants, Germany
,
Alain Barakat
2   DDG Working Group on Diabetes and Migrants, Germany
3   Diabetes Center Duisburg Center DZDM, Germany
,
Karin Schindler
5   Medical University of Vienna, University Clinic for Internal Medicine III, Clinical Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vienna, Austria
6   ÖDG Working Group on Migration and Diabetes, Germany
,
Peter Fasching
4   Wilhelminenspital of the City of Vienna, 5th Medical Department of Endocrinology, Rheumatology and Acute Geriatrics, Vienna, Austria
6   ÖDG Working Group on Migration and Diabetes, Germany
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The practical recommendation “Diabetes and Migration” of the German Diabetes Society e. V. (DDG) was prepared for the first time and in cooperation with the Austrian Diabetes Society (ÖDG). The practice recommendation is intended to supplement the existing guidelines on diabetes mellitus and provides practical recommendations for the diagnosis, therapy and care of people with diabetes mellitus who come from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds.



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