Article
[Diabetes mellitus: simple classification and corresponding treatment].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 6 May 2006
Simsek S, Diamant M, Eekhoffen E M W, Heine R J
Abstract excerpt
The classification of diabetes mellitus is not always straightforward but is of clinical importance in view of the differences in treatment, prognosis and inheritance. In young patients with acute signs ofhyperglycaemia and a low bodymass index (BMI), diabetes type 1 is the evident diagnosis, and insulin therapy should be initiated as quickly as possible. Deafness in patients with mild symptoms and a highly...
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