Conditions
DM
diabetes mellitus
A group of conditions involving elevated blood glucose. Type 1 and type 2 differ in mechanism, not only in age of onset.
How it gets tested
Note the near-collision: DM is diabetes mellitus, DI is diabetes insipidus, and they are unrelated conditions.
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