TY - JOUR
T1 - Type 2 diabetes mellitus among children and adolescents in Al-Ain
T2 - A case series
AU - Punnose, J.
AU - Agarwal, M. M.
AU - Bin-Uthman, S.
PY - 2005/7
Y1 - 2005/7
N2 - To characterize the features of type 2 diabetes mellitus among children and adolescents in Al-Ain, the records of every child with diabetes attending a teaching hospital in the city from January 1990 to December 2001 were retrospectively examined. Of 96 young people newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, 11 were identified as type 2. The clinical characteristics were: pubertal onset, female preponderance, obesity, strong family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, high plasma glucose at presentation, adequate β cell reserve and serum pancreatic islet cell antibody negativity. This case series adds to the evidence that type 2 diabetes mellitus is emerging among children in our region.
AB - To characterize the features of type 2 diabetes mellitus among children and adolescents in Al-Ain, the records of every child with diabetes attending a teaching hospital in the city from January 1990 to December 2001 were retrospectively examined. Of 96 young people newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, 11 were identified as type 2. The clinical characteristics were: pubertal onset, female preponderance, obesity, strong family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, high plasma glucose at presentation, adequate β cell reserve and serum pancreatic islet cell antibody negativity. This case series adds to the evidence that type 2 diabetes mellitus is emerging among children in our region.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 16700395
AN - SCOPUS:33646204371
SN - 1020-3397
VL - 11
SP - 788
EP - 797
JO - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
JF - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
IS - 4
ER -