title: [The development of international pediatric diabetes organizations].
abstract: Around 1960, it became clear that, with very few exceptions, the treatment of children with diabetes was not in the hands of paediatricians but in those of adult diabetologists. In 1972, Zvi Laron (Tel Aviv), Henri Lestradet (Paris) and Helmut Loeb (Bruxelles) decided that a separate paediatric association for the care and education of children and adolescents with diabetes was needed. The "International Study Group on Diabetes in Children and Adolescents (ISGD)" was born. In 1993, the name was changed to the "International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD)". In 2009, a total of 891 members, from 89 countries, was counted. "Pediatric Diabetes" is the scientific membership journal with an impact factor of 2.424.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tiqva, Israel. laronz@clalit.org.il
authors.forename: Zvi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Laron
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D010372:Pediatrics; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history