Concurrent onset of adult onset Still's disease and insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.

Insulin effect on Leptin Concentration in Children with New Onset Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

Objective: Serum Leptin concentration reflects the body fat mass. There is controversial reports about the insulin effect on serum Leptin concentration. We wanted to examine the effect of insulin therapy on serum Leptin in children with new onset type I diabetes. Materials and Methods: This was a Cross-Sectional study in Children's Medical Center on 34 children who had new onset type I diabe...

Effect of Ultrasound Therapy on Adult-Onset Still\'s Disease: A Case study

Adult-Onset Still's Disease (AOSD) is a rare systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology and pathogenesis. AOSD presents in 5% to 10% of patients as Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) accompanied by systemic manifestations. We reported a compelling case of a 39-year-old African male presenting one-month FUO along with skin rash, sore throat, and arthralgia. After an extensive workup, potential...

Immunoregulatory differences between adult onset type 1 diabetes and latent autoimmune diabetes in adults

Genetic Epidemiology of Adult Onset Type 2 Diabetes in Asian Indian Population: Past, Present and Future

Incidence and prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) continue to rise in Indian populations. Despite known roles for obesity, sedentary lifestyles and diet, genetic predisposition accounts for significant risk. The identification of susceptibility loci for both monogenic and typical (oligogenic) diabetes have introduced novel genes, pathways and mechanisms of diabetes pathogenesis. Very ...

شیوع نفروپاتی دیابتیک در مازندران

Diabetic nephropathy is common in Mazandaran and a significant number of patients under chornic hemodialysis are diabetics. The present study was designed to study the prevalence and predisposing factors of diabetic nephropathy (DN) in Mazandaran. Methods: During a 20 months period from June 1993 through December 1994, 490 (350 female, 140 male) cases of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus ...