Diabetes Type 2 in Neurologically Impaired Children and Adolescents Without Obesity: A New Emerging Entity?

Diabetes Type 2 in Neurologically Impaired Children and Adolescents Without Obesity: A New Emerging Entity?

Background: Insulin resistance (IR) plays a key role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (T2D). In neurologically impaired (NI) children unfavorable cardio-metabolic risk profile with high prevalence of IR has been reported. We evaluated the prevalence of T2D in NI children and adolescents, in or...

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Main Authors: Valeria Calcaterra, Hellas Cena, Annalisa De Silvestri, Vincenza Girgenti, Denisia Bommarito, Gloria Pelizzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
type 2 diabetes
children
adolescents
neurologically impaired
disability
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.00947/full

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