The Clinical Syndrome and the Biochemical Definition

The Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5-9

  Ekoé, Jean Marie ^a,b   Zimmet, Paul ^c,d   Yale, Jean Francois ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood glucose significance in population; Circulating insulin and blood glucose; Diabetes mellitus honeyed taste of urine allusion; Diabetes mellitus sustained hyperglycemia state; Diabetes mellitus syndrome high blood glucose concentration; Hyperglycemia biochemical definition; Macrovascular complication reduction and glucose control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874947903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470779750.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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