Definition, Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus

W. Kerner; J. Brückel

doi:10.1055/s-0034-1366278

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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2014; 122(7): 384-386
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1366278

German Diabetes Associaton: Clinical Practice Guidelines

Definition, Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus

W. Kerner

¹Klinik für Diabetes und Stoffwechselkrankheiten, Klinikum Karlsburg

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J. Brückel

²Abteilung Innere Medizin, Oberschwaben Klinik, Krankenhaus Wangen

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11 July 2014 (online)

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Diabetes mellitus is a general term for heterogeneous disturbances of metabolism for which the main finding is chronic hyperglycaemia. The cause is either impaired insulin secretion or impaired insulin action or both.