title: [Diabetes mellitus in teenagers].
abstract: Diabetes Mellitus during infancy childhood or adolescence does not differ from adult diabetes mellitus in terms of basic principles nor therapeutic treatment methods but the characteristics patients have during those ages signify that diabetes has a special repercussion and becomes harder to treat in patients during those ages.
authors.affiliation: Escuela Universitaria de enfermeria, Universidad de Barcelona.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Isla Pera
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors