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Diabetes diary for 2011–2012 congresses
DATE
PLACE
CONFERENCE
1–4 December 2011 University of Sharjah, UAE 12th Symposium of the International Diabetes Epidemiology Group
4–8 December 2011 Dubai, UAE
IDF World Diabetes Congress
8–11 February 2012 Barcelona, Spain
5th International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes
5–9 May 2012
Florence, Italy
European Congress of Endocrinology
8–12 June 2012
Philadelphia, USA
72nd American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions
10–13 October 2012 Istanbul, Turkey
ISPAD 2012 – 38th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes
4–6 December 2012 Dubai, UAE
1st American Diabetes Association Middle East Congress – Diabetes prevention and treatment
