Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes, Table of Contents Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2023; 131(01/02): 24-32DOI: 10.1055/a-1946-3728 German Diabetes Association: Clinical Practice Guidelines Diabetes Mellitus at an Elderly Age Andrej Zeyfang 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Palliative Medicine and Diabetology, medius Klinik Ostfildern-Ruit and Nürtingen, Germany , Jürgen Wernecke 2 Department of Geriatric Medicine, Agaplesion Diakonieklinikum Hamburg, Germany , Anke Bahrmann 3 Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Germany › Author Affiliations Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article Full Text References References 1 Bahrmann A, Bahrmann P, Baumann J. et al. AWMF S2k-Leitlinie Diabetes im Alter, S2k-Leitlinie Diagnostik, Therapie und Verlaufskontrolle des Diabetes mellitus im Alter. Diabetologie 2018; 13: 423-489 2 Wernecke J, Bahrmann A, Zeyfang A. 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