Type II diabetes mellitus: no longer just adults.
Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer exclusively a disease of adults. Health care professionals and agencies must gain a better understanding of (1) the epidemiology of type II diabetes mellitus in childhood; (2) the phenotypic, biochemical, metabolic, and autoimmune characteristics at diagnosis and during the course of the disease; (3) therapeutic modalities; (4) screening of high-risk populations; and (5) prevention strategies. This will be one of the challenges in pediatric diabetes as we approach the 21st century.
Libman
I
I
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Arslanian
S A
SA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D044465:White People