Diabetes Metab J.  2021 Sep;45(5):623-628. 10.4093/dmj.2021.0171.

The History of Insulin Therapy in Korea

• Moon JS
• Won JC
• Cho YM

• KMID: 2520846
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4093/dmj.2021.0171

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  Fig. 1. The first news article reporting insulin in Korea. Adapted from Chosun Ilbo with permission [3].

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