Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroundType 2 diabetes has traditionally been considered a disease affecting older age groups. In recent years, however, Type 2 diabetes has become increasingly common in children, adolescents and young adults.Aim of the workTo estimate the prevalence of T2D among a sample of Egyptian youth aged (18–30) and to highlight the challenges in differentiating T1D from T2D in early onset diabetes depending o...

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus is any degree of glucose intolerance with first diagnosis during pregnancy; it affects 3–10% of pregnancies. The presence of diabetes-related autoantibodies has shown to be able to predict the development of type 1 diabetes before hyperglycemia arises.Aim of work: To recognize the prevalence of islet cell antibodies among a sample of Egyptian females with gestational diabetes and its possible relation of dev...

BackgroundVitamin D deficiency seems to be more prevalent among diabetic patients with distal symmetrical polyneuropathy. Besides, those patients have a lower pain threshold; there is a shortage of data concerning pre-diabetic individuals with peripheral neuropathy (PN).AimFirst, to study the association of vitamin D deficiency with PN severity. Second, to determine the effect of vitamin D supplementation on ...