The changing classification and diagnosis of diabetes. New classification is based on pathogenesis, not insulin dependence

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N J Wareham et al. BMJ. 1998.

. 1998 Aug 8;317(7155):359-60.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7155.359.

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Will new diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus change phenotype of patients with diabetes? Reanalysis of European epidemiological data. DECODE Study Group on behalf of the European Diabetes Epidemiology Study Group.
DECODE Study Group, on behalf of the European Diabetes Epidemiology Study Group. DECODE Study Group, on behalf of the European Diabetes Epidemiology Study Group. BMJ. 1998 Aug 8;317(7155):371-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7155.371. BMJ. 1998. PMID: 9694750 Free PMC article.

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