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Yes treat per dka pathway use ed dka suspected plan diabetes diagnosis confirmed. Americanah tells the story of a young nigerian woman, ifemelu, who immigrates to the united states to attend university. Adichie, who was born in the city of enugu in nigeria, grew up as the fifth of six children in an igbo family in the university town of nsukka in enugu state. Their nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. Ifemelu, a young nigerian woman living in princeton, new jersey, decides to move back to nigeria and reconnects with her first.
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