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Surgery and Children with Insulin Dependent Diabetes
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art57977.asp
Children with type one diabetes who are scheduled for surgery have special needs before hosptial admittance, during surgery, recovery, and in aftercare that have been thoughtfully predicted by pediatric endocrinologists and surgeons at children´s hospitals and medical centers around the world.
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Making Self-Employment Work for People with Disabilities, by
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