Diabetes mellitus in a young Amazon Indian child.
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CONTEXT Although type 2 diabetes has been described among American Indian children, no case of type 1 diabetes has been reported in the literature. CASE REPORT We report the first case of diabetes in a South American Indian child from the tropical rainforest, who was positive for IA2 autoantibodies and genetic markers of susceptibility to type 1 diabetes, but also demonstrated residual beta cell function four years after diagnosis.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina
دوره 123 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005