Management of childhood diseases during the Byzantine period: IV -- juvenile diabetes mellitus.
Although Byzantine physicians seemed to recognize the clinical entity and the symptoms of juvenile diabetes mellitus very well, they did not mention many details about the treatment of the disease. Most probably they treated the young patients in the same way as the adults. It is worth mentioning that diabetes was considered a difficult medical problem.
Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Ioanna A
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Ramoutsaki
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Dimitriou
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Markaki
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Kalmanti
D018612:Byzantium; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000266:history*; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans