Prevalence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in Saudi Arabian children and adolescents

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1285-1288

  Al Herbish, Abdullah ^a,d   El Mouzan, Mohammad ^a   Al Salloum, Abdullah ^a   Al Qurachi, Mansour M ^b   Al Omar, Ahmed A ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Children's Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 58049123879     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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