Prevalence of type 1 diabetes among 6- to 18-year-old Kuwaiti children

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-91

  Moussa, Mohamed A A ^a   Alsaeid, Mayra ^a   Abdella, Nabila ^a   Refai, Thanaa M K ^b,d   Al Sheikh, Nashami ^c   Gomez, Joseph E ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^d Ain Shams University Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Children; Kuwait; Prevalence; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 17244363444     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083917     Document Type: Article

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