Type 2 Diabetes in Asian-Indian Urban Children
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Type 2 diabetes in Asian-Indian urban children.
OBJECTIVE Due to a background of high prevalence of type 2 diabetes and the increasing rate of obesity occurring in relatively young urban children, we felt the need to look for type 2 diabetes in children. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A study of cases of type 2 diabetes with age at diagnosis of </=15 years seen at a diabetes speciality center in Chennai, India, is reported. A total of 18 chil...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes Care
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0149-5992,1935-5548
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.4.1022