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Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus

Vittorio Basevi
- 06 Feb 2011 - 
TLDR
The chronic hyperglycemia of diabetes is associated with long-term damage, dys-function, and failure of differentorgans, especially the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, and blood vessels.
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This article is published in Diabetes Care.The article was published on 2011-02-06 and is currently open access. It has received 13077 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Prediabetes & Impaired fasting glucose.

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Cross-sectional assessment reveals high diabetes prevalence among newly-diagnosed tuberculosis cases

TL;DR: Integrating TB and diabetes control programmes worldwide would facilitate TB prevention among diabetes patients and increase the number of diabetics who learn of their condition, particularly among males.
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Dysglycaemia in the critically ill and the interaction of chronic and acute glycaemia with mortality

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Type 1 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association.

TL;DR: Recent observations of potential differences in the pathophysiology of T1DM compared with T2DM are summarized and the implications for treatment of CVD risk factors in patients with diabetes mellitus are explored.
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Potent α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitory activities of standardized 50% ethanolic extracts and sinensetin from Orthosiphon stamineus Benth as anti-diabetic mechanism.

TL;DR: Alpha-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibition could the mechanisms through which the 50% ethanolic extract of O. stamineus and sinensetin exert their antidiabetic activity, indicating that it could have potential use in the management of non-insulin-dependent diabetes.
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Osteoporosis in diabetes mellitus: Possible cellular and molecular mechanisms

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International association of diabetes and pregnancy study groups recommendations on the diagnosis and classification of hyperglycemia in pregnancy.

TL;DR: The Brazilian study provided evidence that adverse perinatal outcomes are associated with levels of maternal glycemia below those diagnostic of GDM by American Diabetes Association or World Health Organization criteria, however, the results were potentially confounded by the treatment of G DM.
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