Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 29-33 , January 2002

Childhood and adolescent diabetes mellitus in Arabs residing in the United Arab Emirates

  • John Punnose

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Al-Ain Hospital, P.O. Box 18841, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +971-3-763-2661; fax: +971-3-763-8769
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  • M.M. Agarwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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  • Ali El Khadir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Al-Ain Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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  • K. Devadas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Al-Ain Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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  • I.T. Mugamer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Al-Ain Hospital, P.O. Box 18841, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Received 3 October 2000 ,Revised 13 December 2000 ,Accepted 27 April 2001.

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