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Efficacy and Safety of Use of the Fasting Algorithm for Singaporeans With Type 2 Diabetes (FAST) During Ramadan: A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial

Zheng Kang Lum, Zi Rui Khoo, Wei Yann See Toh, Shaikh Abdul Kader Kamaldeen, Abdul Shakoor, Keith Yu Kei Tsou, Daniel Ek Kwang Chew, Rinkoo Dalan, Sing Cheer Kwek, Noorani Othman, Joyce Xia Lian, Raden Nurheryany Bte Sunari and Joyce Yu-Chia Lee
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2020, 18 (2) 139-147; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2500
Zheng Kang Lum
1Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore
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Wei Yann See Toh
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Shaikh Abdul Kader Kamaldeen
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Keith Yu Kei Tsou
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Daniel Ek Kwang Chew
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Rinkoo Dalan
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Sing Cheer Kwek
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Noorani Othman
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Joyce Xia Lian
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Raden Nurheryany Bte Sunari
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vol. 18 no. 2 139-147
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2500
PubMed 
32152018

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication July 13, 2019
  • Revision received October 15, 2019
  • Accepted for publication October 21, 2019
  • Published online March 9, 2020.

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  1. Zheng Kang Lum1,
  2. Zi Rui Khoo1,
  3. Wei Yann See Toh, PharmD, BCPS2,
  4. Shaikh Abdul Kader Kamaldeen,
  5. Abdul Shakoor, MBBS, MD, MRCP3,
  6. Keith Yu Kei Tsou, MBBCh, MMed, MCFP4,
  7. Daniel Ek Kwang Chew, MBBS, MRCP, FAMS3,
  8. Rinkoo Dalan, MBBS, MRCP, FAMS3,
  9. Sing Cheer Kwek, MBBS, MMed4,
  10. Noorani Othman3,
  11. Joyce Xia Lian3,
  12. Raden Nurheryany Bte Sunari1 and
  13. Joyce Yu-Chia Lee, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP1,2⇑
  1. 1Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore
  2. 2Department of Pharmacy, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
  3. 3Department of Endocrinology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
  4. 4Department of Family Medicine, National University Polyclinics, Singapore
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Joyce Yu-Chia Lee, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, Department of Clinical Pharmacy Practice, Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, University of California, Irvine, 101 Theory, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92697, j.lee{at}uci.edu, ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2620-555X

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Zheng Kang Lum, Zi Rui Khoo, Wei Yann See Toh, Shaikh Abdul Kader Kamaldeen, Abdul Shakoor, Keith Yu Kei Tsou, Daniel Ek Kwang Chew, Rinkoo Dalan, Sing Cheer Kwek, Noorani Othman, Joyce Xia Lian, Raden Nurheryany Bte Sunari, Joyce Yu-Chia Lee
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