Childhood diabetes in Africa

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 306-311

  Piloya Were, Thereza ^b   Sunni, Muna ^a   Ogle, Graham D ^c   Moran, Antoinette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c International Diabetes Federation Life for a Child Program   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; developing countries; type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CHILD; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AFRICA; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS;

EID: 84969944936     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: 17522978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000262     Document Type: Review

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