title: [Early diagnosis of diabetes mellitus--studies on the effectiveness and value of diabetes screening actions].
abstract: Actions to found out cases of diabetes, which exclusively worked with a proof of glucosuria using the biophan-test stripe, were always loaded by a high percentage of falsely pathologic, but also by a not insignificant number of falsely negative investigation results. -- Therefore a multiphasic screening was carried out in 5,424 persons at the age of 20 and more years, which tested the problems mentioned and judged the possibilities of an improved diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005859:Germany, East; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006029:Glycosuria / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
vernacular_title: Frühdiagnostische Erfassung des Diabetes mellitus -- Untersuchungen zur Effektivität und Aussagefähigkeit der Diabetessuchaktionen.