Why is cognitive dysfunction associated with the development of diabetes early in life? The diathesis hypothesis

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 289-297

  Ryan, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE;

BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTELLIGENCE; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750109588     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2006.00206.x     Document Type: Review

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