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Uncontrolled type 1 diabetes mellitus and endothelial dysfunction in adolescents.
The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ - 1 Sept 2007
Shachor-Meyouhas Yael, Pillar Giora, Shehadeh Naim
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BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus is associated with microvascular and macrovascular diseases, potentially manifested as endothelial dysfunction. In adults with type 2 diabetes the haptoglobin genotype 1-1 has been shown to have a protective role in inhibiting the development of complications. Although complications from type 1 diabetes are infrequent during childhood, endothelial dysfunction, which is an early...
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