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Bureau of HIV/AIDS & STDs, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
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Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia and by disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. Diabetes mellitus is associated with absolute or relative deficiency in the secretion and/or action of the hormone insulin.