COMPLICATIONS OF LONG-TERM DIABETES MELLITUS
Authors: J T PAUL, S J PRESLEY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 July 1958COMPLICATIONS OF LONG-TERM DIABETES MELLITUSJEROME T. PAUL, M.D., F.A.C.P., SOPHIE J. PRESLEY, M.D.JEROME T. PAUL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, SOPHIE J. PRESLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-1-142 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptReports in the literature indicate that as our diabetic population ages the frequency of premature vascular complications increases. Some observers1, 2, 3are of the opinion that these degenerative changes are inevitable, provided the diabetic lives long enough. Dolger4has suggested that the accelerated vascular lesions are an associated phenomenon and not a complication of diabetes. Others have emphasized the control of diabetes, duration of the disease and age of onset as causative factors in the development of vascular complications. On the basis of their extensive experience, Joslin and his colleagues5, 6, 7are convinced that premature diabetic arteriosclerosis can...Bibliography1. Dolger H: The clinical evolution of vascular damage in diabetes mellitus, Bull. New York Acad. Med 22: 482-483 (Sept.) 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. Dolger H: Clinical evaluation of vascular damage in diabetes mellitus, J. A. M. A. 134: 1289-1291 (Aug. 16) 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Mirsky IA: Our challenge for the future, Diabetes Abstr. 5: 71, 1946. Google Scholar4. Dolger H: Vascular complications of diabetes mellitus, Bull. New York Acad. Med. 26: 779-785 (Dec.) 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. Joslin EP: Status of living diabetics with onset under forty years of age, J. A. M. A. 147: 209-213 (Sept. 15) 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. 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