JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

VOLUME 11, SUPPLEMENT 2, APRIL, 1998

CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT DIABETES MELLITUS

ISPAD Workshop, Garda, Italy, April 1997

Guest Editors: Z. Laron (Israel) and L. Pinelli (Italy)

CONTENTS

Foreword

 

Advances and Controversies in Etiopathogenesis of Type 1 (Insulin-Dependent) Diabetes Mellitus

Emanuele Bosi and Elena Sarugeri, Italy

 

Controversies on Humoral Immune Markers of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

Alberto Falorni, Georgia Kassi, Giuseppe Murdolo and Filippo Calcinaro, Italy

 

Epidemiology of IDDM: Recent Advances

Marco Songini, Italy

 

Controversies on the Prevention of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus by Immunomodulation: Lessons from NOD Mice Treated with b-1,6;1,3 D-Glucan and rhIGF-I

Kaichi Kida, Yukikazu Kaino, Takuo Ito and Hiroki Hirai, Japan

 

Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) in the Dietary Management of Children and Adolescents with IDDM: An Unfeasible Target or an Achievable Cornerstone?

L. Pinelli, R. Mormile, E. Gonfiantini, A. Busato, P. Kaufmann and R. Piccoli, Italy

 

Controversies on the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Angiopathy: Which Treatment for Normotensive Adolescents with Microalbuminuria and Type 1 Diabetes?

Thomas Danne and Olga Kordonouri, Germany

 

Controversies on the Prevention of Diabetic Nephropathy

F. Chiarelli, A. Verrotti, F. Basciani, L. di Ricco, G. Sabatino and G. Morgese, Italy

 

IDDM Prevention Trials in Progress - A Critical Assessment

Mikael Knip, and Hans K. Å kerblom, Finland

 

It’s "All in the Family": Responsibility for Diabetes Care

Annette M. La Greca, USA

 

 

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