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Diabetes in the elderly

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1997

Paul V Knight  and
Alan McKenzie
Paul V Knight
Affiliation:
Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
Alan McKenzie
Affiliation:
Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
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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
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , January 1997 , pp. 13 - 29
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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