Sometimes the editor in me gets a bit irritated when I see non-standard versions of diabetes terminology. Here are some examples:
1) It's pretty standard now-a-days that the two types of diabetes should be rendered with an uncapitalized letter followed by an Arabic numeral (except at the beginning of a sentence, duuuh!). In the past, it was "Type I" and "Type II" but these usages are now considered outdated.
Correct uses:
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