Remission without insulin therapy on gluten-free diet in a 6-year old boy with type 1 diabetes mellitus

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sildorf, Stine Møller ^a   Fredheim, Siri ^a   Svensson, Jannet ^a   Buschard, Karsten ^b  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; PROINSULIN;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUTEN FREE DIET; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KETONURIA; MALE; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84864712429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.02.2012.5878     Document Type: Article

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