Diabetes Article Pdf
Complications Journal Of Diabetes And Its Diabetes, affecting approximately 20 million people worldwide (american diabetes association, 2001). although type 1 diabetes affects all age groups, the majority of individuals are diagnosed either at around the age of 4 to 5 years, or in their teens and early adulthood (blood et al. 1975). the incidence of type 1 diabetes is rising. Journal of diabetes and its complications (jdc) is a journal for health care practitioners and researchers, that publishes original research about the pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus and its complications. jdc also publishes articles on physiological and molecular aspects of glucose homeostasis. Autoimmune type 1 diabetes. this type of diabetes constitutes 5%-10% of subjects diagnosed with diabetes[] and is due to destruction of β cells of the pancreas[24,25]. type 1 diabetes accounts for 80%-90% of diabetes in children and adolescents[2,26]. according to international diabetes federat...