Medical Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Edition: 5 edition
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
Published: August 16, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781580401890
Subjects: Medical / Nursing; Diabetes; Health & Fitness; Health/Fitness; Non-insulin-dependent diabetes; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Health & Fitness / Diseases / Diabetes; Diseases - Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type II
First sentence: Diabetes mellitus has two main classifications: type 1 diabetes, which has absolute insulin deficiency and propensity to develop ketoacidosis, and type 2 diabetes, which has relative insulin deficiency combined with defects in insulin action.