John Brown, 60 Years Old, Asks the Nurse Practitioner If

question 5

Multiple Choice

John Brown, 60 years old, asks the nurse practitioner if a lack of functioning insulin is the only cause of diabetes.Which of the following is the nurse practitioner's reply? Select all that apply.

• A)More recently, other hormones have been found to be part of diabetes.
• B)Besides insulin, glucagon, amylin, and incretin are involved.
• C)Finding other factors of diabetes has resulted in new treatments.
• D)The pancreas is not the only organ involved in diabetes.
• E)Genetic factors lead to type 1diabetes only.
• F) None of the above.

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