Diseases

Diabetes Complications

Conditions or pathological processes associated with the disease of diabetes mellitus. Due to the impaired control of BLOOD GLUCOSE level in diabetic patients, pathological processes develop in numerous tissues and organs including the EYE, the KIDNEY, the BLOOD VESSELS, and the NERVE TISSUE.

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Abstract

Conditions or pathological processes associated with the disease of diabetes mellitus. Due to the impaired control of BLOOD GLUCOSE level in diabetic patients, pathological processes develop in numerous tissues and organs including the EYE, the KIDNEY, the BLOOD VESSELS, and the NERVE TISSUE.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Complications of Diabetes Mellitus
  • Diabetes-Related Complications
  • Diabetic Complications
  • Diabetes Complication
  • Diabetes Mellitus Complication
  • Diabetes Mellitus Complications
  • Diabetes Related Complications
  • Diabetes-Related Complication
  • Diabetic Complication

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general only; prefer /compl with specific type of diabetes + specific complication: Manual 23.25.3.1

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History Note

2005

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Previous Indexing

  • Diabetes Mellitus/complications (1965-2004)

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WK 835

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Diabetes Complications. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D048909. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D048909
  2. Diabetes Complications. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complications_of_diabetes
  3. Diabetes Complications. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4198677