Juvenile diabetes mellitus: possibility of prevention.

Juvenile diabetes mellitus: possibility of prevention.

Segregation Analysis of Juvenile Diabetes Mellitus.

Twin studies (Joslin, Root, White, and Marble, 1952) and analyses of pooled family data (Pincus and White, 1934; Simpson, I962) provide evidence for a genetic aetiology of diabetes mellitus. The wide variation in the age at onset and in severity of the disease and the possibility that the disease is genetically heterogeneous present serious obstacles to establishing a mode of inheritance. Never...

study characteristics of juvenile diabetes mellitus cases in bangladesh.

objective: to identify the proportion and some selected characteristics of juvenile diabetics attending birdem hospital. materials and methods: this was a cross sectional study. the study was conducted in the birdem hospital. all diabetic young aged up to 18 years who visit birdem hospital were included in study population. the sample size was 240. results: it was observed that among the respon...

Long term complications in juvenile diabetes mellitus

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Juvenile diabetes mellitus masquerading as disseminated candidiasis.

Junvenile diabetes mellitus may present acutely as diabetic ketoacidosis or with a chronic history of polyuria, polydipsia and polyphagia. Uncommon presentations include unexplained fever and weight loss, abdominal pain and secondary enuresis. Pyogenic skin infections and monilial vaginitis in teenage girls and adults may be present at the time of diagnosis but are rarely the sole presenting fe...