[Diabetes or diabetes mellitus?].
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H. Lestradet
La Presse medicale
A disease characterized by an inability to make or use the hormone insulin, which is needed by cells to metabolize glucose, the body's main source of chemical energy.
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by an inability to make or use the hormone insulin. Insulin is needed by cells to metabolize glucose, the body's main source of chemical energy. T ype I diabetes, also called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, is usually caused by an autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing cells. T ype II diabetes, also called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, occurs when cells become resistant to the effects of insulin. Qeios · Definition, November 21, 2019