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Endocrine and metabolic disorders are among the most common problems seen by family physicians. For example, according to the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, visits to general and family physicians accounted for 53.4% of the estimated 11 million office-based visits for which diabetes was the principal or first-listed diagnosis.1
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Smith, C.K., Richardson, D.W., Rohn, R.D., Bienia, R.A., Estep, H.L. (1988). The Endocrine and Metabolic Systems. In: Taylor, R.B. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1998-7_26
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