Erschienen in:
01.11.2010 | Report of the committee
Report of the Committee on the classification and diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitus
The Committee of the Japan Diabetes Society on the diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitus
verfasst von:
Yutaka Seino, Kishio Nanjo, Naoko Tajima, Takashi Kadowaki, Atsunori Kashiwagi, Eiichi Araki, Chikako Ito, Nobuya Inagaki, Yasuhiko Iwamoto, Masato Kasuga, Toshiaki Hanafusa, Masakazu Haneda, Kohjiro Ueki
Erschienen in:
Diabetology International
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Ausgabe 1/2010
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Excerpt
Diabetes mellitus is a group of diseases associated with various metabolic disorders, the main feature of which is chronic hyperglycemia due to insufficient insulin action. Its pathogenesis involves both genetic and environmental factors. The long-term persistence of metabolic disorders can cause susceptibility to specific complications and also foster arteriosclerosis. Diabetes mellitus is associated with a broad range of clinical presentations, from being asymptomatic to ketoacidosis or coma, depending on the degree of metabolic disorder. …