Module summary
This case-based module will guide you through the latest evidence in the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
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Key learning points
To update you on:
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- The diagnosis of diabetes in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients.
- Conditions in which blood sugar is raised but does not meet the threshold for diabetes.
- The management of women with a past history of gestational diabetes.
- When to suspect the rarer variants, maturity onset diabetes of the young and latent autoimmune diabetes of adults.
Author
Dr Toni Hazell is a GP in North London
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