THE RELATION OF HYPERPLASTIC ARTERIOSCLEROSIS TO DIABETES MELLITUS
Authors: E MOSCHCOWITZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 May 1951THE RELATION OF HYPERPLASTIC ARTERIOSCLEROSIS TO DIABETES MELLITUSELI MOSCHCOWITZ, M.D.ELI MOSCHCOWITZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-5-1137 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThat diabetes mellitus is frequently associated with arteriosclerosis, and that the clinical consequences of the latter are the commonest causes of death in diabetes, are acknowledged. This association has led to the wide acceptance of the view that diabetes, by a hypothetic mechanism, is the cause of arteriosclerosis. This view is subject to a number of critiques:1. The mere association of two disorders does not necessarily imply cause and effect, with the further implication that the diabetes comes first. The association may be interpreted reversely.2. 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