Is diabetes mellitus a continuous spectrum?

نویسندگان

  • Barbara Brooks-Worrell
  • Jerry P Palmer
چکیده

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus has been historically divided into type 1 and type 2 diabetes, with type 1 being an autoimmune disease and type 2 being primarily a metabolic disease. CONTENT The current diabetes classification scheme needs to be reevaluated because of the accumulating evidence of immune system involvement in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. SUMMARY There are similarities and differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes with regard to pathogenesis, pathophysiology, and genetics. We propose a resolution to the dilemma of the current classification scheme.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical chemistry

دوره 57 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011