A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
    

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Management of type 2 diabetes : renal disease : prevention and early management.

Downsizing : how I lost 8 stone, reversed my diabetes and regained my health / Tom Watson.

Der Geriatrische Patient / herausgegeben von Ingo Füsgen und Michael Gadomski ; mit einem Vorwort von Ursula Lehr.

Clinical guidelines for type 2 diabetes : prevention and management of foot problems / written by A. Hutchinson and 4 others.

Diabetes etc. ephemera. Box 1.

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Management of type 2 diabetes : renal disease : prevention and early management.

Downsizing : how I lost 8 stone, reversed my diabetes and regained my health / Tom Watson.

Der Geriatrische Patient / herausgegeben von Ingo Füsgen und Michael Gadomski ; mit einem Vorwort von Ursula Lehr.

Clinical guidelines for type 2 diabetes : prevention and management of foot problems / written by A. Hutchinson and 4 others.

Diabetes etc. ephemera. Box 1.