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DIABETES MELLITUS / IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE |
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idiopathic (commonest): |
type 1 type 2 |
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maturity-onset diabetes of the young |
['MODY'; specific enzyme defects; 3 types] |
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destruction or loss of pancreatic tissue: |
carcinoma of pancreas pancreatectomy haemochromatosis pancreatitis |
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insulin antagonism: |
Cushing's syndrome acromegaly phaeochromocytoma glucagonoma |
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glucose intolerance: |
thyrotoxicosis pregnancy thiazides advanced liver disease obesity |
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insulin resistance syndrome |
[with hyperlipidaemia, obesity and HT] |
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