Definition, Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus
Definition of Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes mellitus is the collective term for heterogeneous metabolic disorders whose main finding is chronic hyperglycaemia. The cause is either a disturbed insulin secretion or a disturbed insulin effect or usually both. * The team of authors has written the practical recommendation for the Commission for Laboratory Diagnostics in Diabetology/Kommission Labordiagnostik in der Diabetologie of the German Diabetes Society/Deutsche Diabetes Gesellschaft (DDG) and the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL)/ Deutschen Gesellschaft für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin.