Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aims: Diabetic neuropathy is a common complication in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D). In this study, we explore the importance of circulating chemokines for the development of diabetic neuropathy (DN) in T1D.Materials and methods: This study was a cross-sectional analysis of patients with childhood onset T1D followed prospectively in a long-term longitudinal cohort study. Fifty-two patients (20 women/32 men; mean age 28 &#177...

Background and aims: Diabetic neuropathy is a common complication of type 1 diabetes. In this study we investigated the importance of long-term metabolic control for the development of diabetic neuropathy in patients with type 1 diabetes diagnosed in childhood.Materials and methods: Longitudinal cohort study. Twenty-five patients (9 women 16 men) were studied three times with neurophysiological measurements and clinical examinations. At baseline the pati...