What type of diabetes do young people have?
Although type 1 diabetes remains the most common type of diabetes in the pediatric population, there has been a dramatic rise in type 2 diabetes in youth. Clinical distinctions between these two major types have become blurred. As genetic and biochemical measures become more affordable and available, practical applications of these measures to better understand diabetes type in youth and the implications of diabetes type on the evolution of the disease are needed.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Box 359300, M1-3, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. catherine.pihoker@seattlechildrens.org
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D000293:Adolescent; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
D001323:Autoantibodies