mroberto,
There are two major forms of diabetes mellitus - type 1 and type 2. The term diabetes mellitus refers to metabolic diseases characterized by high blood glucose levels, resulting from either insufficient insulin secertion or lack of insulin production.
It is not a different kind of diabetes, but rather an organizing term from which the more specific types emerge.
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