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Terme préférentiel
diabetes
Définition
- DIABETES MELLITUS IS a condition of high blood glucose (sugar) levels and poor glucose control, with type 1 diabetes being a disease of insufficient production of insulin, a hormone that lowers glucose levels, and type 2 diabetes, the predominant form making up 90 to 95 percent of all diabetes, being a disease of insulin resistance mostly related to obesity. Diabetes currently afflicts approximately 21 million Americans, with an additional 41 million people that have prediabetes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; Diabetes]
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