Diagnosing diabetes mellitus - Do we need new criteria?

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-255

  McCance, D R ^a   Hanson, R L ^b   Pettitt, D J ^b   Bennett, P H ^b   Hadden, D R ^a   Knowler, W C ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

2 h plasma glucose; Complications; Diabetes mellitus; Diagnosis; Fasting plasma glucose; Haemoglobin A(1c); Nephropathy; Oral glucose tolerance test; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031019398     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050671     Document Type: Review

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