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Diabetes mellitus type 2 in childhood and adolescence in Germany and parts of Austria

Authors: Edith Schober, Reinhard W. Holl, Matthias Grabert, Angelika Thon, Birgit Rami, Thomas Kapellen, Ora Seewi, Thomas Reinehr

Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 11/2005

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A rise in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2 DM) in adolescence and childhood has been observed in North America, especially in minority populations such as the American Indians, during the past decades [2]. Few epidemiological data on the incidence of the disease in young people exist in Europe [1, 4, 5]. To obtain an estimate of the magnitude of this problem in Germany, we tried to evaluate the prevalence of T2 DM in people under the age of 20 years using the DPV-Wiss database, a database covering half of the existing diabetes patients in this age group in Germany. …

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Title: Diabetes mellitus type 2 in childhood and adolescence in Germany and parts of Austria
Authors: Edith Schober
Reinhard W. Holl
Matthias Grabert
Angelika Thon
Birgit Rami
Thomas Kapellen
Ora Seewi
Thomas Reinehr
Publication date: 01-11-2005
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 11/2005
Print ISSN: 0340-6199
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1076
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-005-1709-9

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