Diabetes mellitus - specifika a komplikace ve stáří
| Title in English | Dibabetes mellitus - specifity and comlications in elderly |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Interní medicína pro praxi |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Other specializations of internal medicine |
| Keywords | Dibabetes mellitus - specifity and comlications in elderly |
| Description | The fact that diabetes mellitus involves in the 7th decade up to 20% of population and another 20% suffer impaired glucose tolerance causes that it is clinically the most important metabolic disease in elderly. In seniors it is usually DM type 2. Level of glucose may be elevated mildly and usually is asymptomatic, it may be present for many years without being resognized. |