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Type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents: a review from a European perspective.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 2003
Kiess W, Böttner A, Raile K, Kapellen T, Müller G, Galler A, Paschke R, Wabitsch M
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Changes in food consumption and exercise are fueling a worldwide increase in obesity in children and adolescents. As a consequence of this dramatic development, an increasing rate of type 2 diabetes mellitus has been recorded in children and adolescents in the USA and, more recently, in many countries around the world. Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. Lower...
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