Type 1 diabetes mellitus in the African population: Epidemiology and management challenges

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-259

  Majaliwa, Edna S ^a,c   Elusiyan, B E Jerome ^a,d   Adesiyun, Omotayo O ^a,e   Laigong, Paul ^a,f   Adeniran, A Kayode ^a,g   Kandi, C Muze ^a,c   Yarhere, Iroro ^a,h   Limbe, S Mary ^a,i   Iughetti, Lorenzo ^a,b  

^a European Society Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) Fellowship Program   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^d OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^f Gertrude's Garden Children's Hospital   (Kenya)

^g FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^h University of Portharcourt Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

ⁱ AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Diabetes mellitus; Ketoacidosis

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KETOACIDOSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ALGERIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; INCIDENCE; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MOROCCO; NIGERIA; POVERTY; SUDAN; TANZANIA; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; ALGERIA; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INCIDENCE; INSULIN; LIBYA; MALE; MOROCCO; NIGERIA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SUDAN; TANZANIA; TUNISIA;

EID: 63049103152     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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