Diabetes Mellitus and Medical Anthropology
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Diabetes Mellitus and Medical Anthropology Leslie Sue Lieberman
INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood sugar or hyperglycemia. Chronic hyperglycemia results from defects in insulin secretion from the pancreas and/or in
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