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Diabetes in the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1997

Paul V Knight
Affiliation:
Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
Alan McKenzie
Affiliation:
Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a common and expensive condition which is reported to be responsible for as much as 4-5% of national health care expenditure in developing countries. It is a disease of some antiquity, although the predominant clinical presentation is not that which was described by Aretaeus in the second century AD ('a melting down of the flesh and limbs into urine').

Type
Review Article
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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