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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2022; 130(S 01): S1-S8
DOI: 10.1055/a-1624-2897
German Diabetes Association: Clinical Practice Guidelines

Definition, Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus[1]

Erwin Schleicher
1   Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry – Central Laboratory, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
2   German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) München-Neuherberg, Germany
,
Christian Gerdes
3   Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Jena, Germany
,
Astrid Petersmann
4   Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany
5   Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University of Oldenburg, Germany
,
Dirk Müller-Wieland
6   Department of Internal Medicine I, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
,
Ulrich A. Müller
7   Practice for Endocrinology and Diabetology, Dr. Kielstein Ambulante Medizinische Versorgung GmbH, Jena, Germany
,
Guido Freckmann
8   Institute for Diabetes Technology, Research and Development Company at the University of Ulm, Germany
,
Lutz Heinemann
9   Science-Consulting in Diabetes GmbH, Kaarst, Germany
,
Matthias Nauck
4   Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany
10   DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, University Medicine, Greifswald, Germany
,
Rüdiger Landgraf
11   German Diabetes Foundation (DDS) Düsseldorf, Germany
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Definition of diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is the collective term for heterogeneous metabolic disorders whose main finding is chronic hyperglycaemia. The cause is either a disturbed insulin secretion or various grades of insulin resistance or usually both.

1 The team of authors has written the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Commission for Laboratory Diagnostics in Diabetology/Kommission Labordiagnostik in der Diabetologie of the German Diabetes Society/Deutsche Diabetes Gesellschaft (DDG) and the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL)/Deutschen Gesellschaft für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin.




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