Book chapter
Diabetes Mellitus
Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology, pp.436-473
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
09/02/2005
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987117.ch21
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Definition and diagnosis of diabetes in children
Classification
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Atypical diabetes mellitus
Genetic defects of insulin secretion
Impaired insulin sensitivity
Diabetes as a component of specific genetic syndromes
Secondary causes of diabetes
Neonatal diabetes mellitus
Epidemiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus
Etiology, genetics, and family risk of type 1A diabetes
Prediction and prevention of type 1 diabetes
Type 1A diabetes mellitus and other autoimmune diseases
Polyautoimmune disorders associated with type 1 diabetes
Presentation of type 1 diabetes mellitus
Differential diagnosis
Management of diabetes mellitus
Goals of therapy
Insulin therapy
Monitoring diabetes control
Acute complications of diabetes
Side‐effects of treatment
Chronic complications of diabetes
Conclusion
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Creators
- Andrew W NorrisJoseph I Wolfsdorf
- Contributors
- Charles G.D Brook (Editor) - Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology, University College London, London, UKPeter E Clayton (Editor) - University of ManchesterRosalind S Brown (Editor) - Harvard Medical SchoolMartin O Savage (Editor) - Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospitals, London, UK
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology, pp.436-473
- DOI
- 10.1002/9780470987117.ch21
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Oxford, UK
- Number of pages
- 38
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/02/2005
- Academic Unit
- Endocrinology and Diabetes; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984293077302771
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