Tropical diabetes mellitus, a new nutritional indicator?

Cuisinier-Raynal, J.C.; Ducorps, M.; Grandpierre, G.

Medecine Tropicale Revue du Corps de Sante Colonial 45(2): 179-184

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0025-682X
PMID: 3927107
Document Number: 246943
Different clinical types of diabetes are discussed including tropical diabetes in Africa. The physiopathology of the condition and a nutritional hypothesis of possible contributing factors to its prevalence are presented. The disease occurs in patients with normal or below-normal weight; it is not very ketogenic and seems to be more frequent in areas of chronic malnutrition.

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