Diabetes mellitus in a young Amazon Indian child.
BACKGROUND
Although type 2 diabetes has been described among American Indian children, no case of type 1 diabetes has been reported in the literature.


METHODS
We report the first case of diabetes in a South American Indian child from the tropical rainforest, who was positive for IA2 autoantibodies and genetic markers of susceptibility to type 1 diabetes, but also demonstrated residual beta cell function four years after diagnosis.
Gabbay
Mônica Andrade Lima
MA
Diabetes Center, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Boptucatu 740, São Paulo, Brazil, CEP 04034-9826.
Bussad
Edson
E
Persoli
Ligia
L
Volpini
Walkiria
W
Dib
Sérgio Atala
SA
D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007199:Indians, South American
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