Kidney Disease in Childhood-Onset Diabetes

Advances in childhood onset diabetes.

Averting the legacy of kidney disease-focus on childhood

World Kidney Day 2016 focuses on kidney disease in childhood and the antecedents of adult kidney disease that can begin in earliest childhood. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in childhood differs from that in adults, as the largest diagnostic group among children includes congenital anomalies and inherited disorders, with glomerulopathies and kidney disease in the setting of diabetes being rela...

Monocyte Gene-Expression In Childhood-Onset Diabetes MONOCYTE GENE-EXPRESSION PROFILES ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDHOOD-ONSET TYPE 1 DIABETES AND DISEASE RISK: A STUDY OF IDENTICAL TWINS. Running title: Monocyte Gene-Expression In Childhood-Onset Diabetes

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New-onset diabetes after kidney transplantation.

Introduction. The occurrence of the new-onset diabetes after kidney transplantation is common and represents a risk factor for decreased survival of the graft and the patient. Case presentations. We report 6 cases of diabetes appeared in post renal transplantation. Treatment after kidney transplantation was based on corticosteroids associated with immunosuppressive therapy in all cases. Diabete...

Birth Weight and Childhood Onset Type 1 Diabetes: A Case-Control Study in Shiraz, South of Iran

To determine the relation between birth weight and age of presentation of type 1 diabetes and assess its risk factors, a case-control study was done on all diabetic patients under the age of 15, who were registered in Shiraz Diabetic Center or admitted in Namazi Hospital. A case group of 87 diabetic patients were matched with a control group of 100 healthy individuals. Birth weight ≥ 4kg was de...