Chapter 4 - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)»Diabetes mellitus (E08-E13)»Type 2 diabetes mellitus (E11)

E11

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 21169 drugs (347 approved, 822 experimental)

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.