Consistently high incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis in children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes

• 1 Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.
• 2 Mater Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.
• 3 University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.

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