RT Book, Section
A1 Kappy, Michael S.
A1 Allen, David B.
A1 Geffner, Mitchell E.
SR Print(0)
ID 1102505594
T1 Diabetes Mellitus
T2 Pediatric Practice: Endocrinology, 2e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071813174
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102505594
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  majority  of  cases  of  diabetes  mellitus  falls  into  one  of  two  categories:  (1)  type  1  diabetes,  which  is  most  commonly  caused  by  autoimmune  destruction  of  the  pancreatic  islet  cells  resulting  in  β-cell  failure  and  an  absolute  deficiency  of  insulin  (type  1  A  diabetes,  T1DM),  and  (2)  type  2  diabetes  (T2DM),  which  results  from  a  combination  of  insulin  resistance  in  target  tissues  and  a  lack  of  an  adequate  compensatory  insulin  response  to  overcome  this  resistance.  The  American  Diabetes  Association  (ADA)1  recognizes  more  than  50  other  specific  types  of  diabetes  (Table  11-1).  All  of  these  disorders  collectively  account  for  only  1%  to  5%  of  cases  of  diabetes  (see  Part  D  of  this  chapter  later  on).