Your medical specialist portal

Altmeyer's Encyclopedia is an independent, evidence-based medical information resource on specialist level. Since 1986 it has been continuously updated and expanded by only the most accomplished medical professionals in their field. It offers access to over 70,700 up to date articles and 17,300 high quality images from various disciplines.

News from the department of Internal medicine

Latest entry in the department of Internal medicine:

Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus Definition Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease. It is caused by a chronically elevated blood sugar level and insulin resistance or insulin deficiency in the body. The disease is usually associated with severe concomitant and secondary diseases. Classification Type 1 diabete...

Go to article

Recent search terms:

70,780

Articles

183,623

Sections

17,348

Images

Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

Editor-in-Chief

One of Germany's most accomplished dermatologists with decades of expertise in clinical dermatology. Emeritus professor at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, author of more than 30 textbooks and over 700 scientific publications.