Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3002320 | Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
(a) MA is significantly delayed in girls with premenarcheal presentation of T1DM, even if intensively treated; (b) menarcheal retardation is more severe in the patients with suboptimal metabolic control at the time of menarche; and (c) MA in premenarcheal presenting T1DM is irrespective of maternal MA, age and HbA1c concentrations at DM presentation, body mass index and daily insulin dose at menarche.
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Authors
Fortunato Lombardo, Giuseppina Salzano, Giuseppe Crisafulli, Mariella Valenzise, Giuseppina Zirilli, Valeria Manzo, Tommaso Aversa, Filippo De Luca,