Juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus in a sickle cell anaemia patient.
The case of a 10-year old sickle cell anaemia patient presenting with juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus is reported. The possibility of sickle cell anaemia being a predisposing factor to early onset of diabetes in an individual with a positive family history of the disease is highlighted. A review of pancreatic function in sickle cell anaemia is also undertaken.
Adekile
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Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Jegende
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D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans