The "other" forms of diabetes in children
Jones, K.L.
Adolescent Medicine State of the Art Reviews 21(1): 120-128 X
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1934-4287 PMID: 20568559 Document Number: 646363
The large majority of children with diabetes seen by any pediatrician or in any pediatric diabetes clinic will fall into the two major categories of type 1 (T1DM) and, more recently in adolescents, type 2 (T2DM). But one has only to look at the diabetes classifications currently proposed by the American Diabetes Association or the World Health Organization to see that these forms account for only two of the many forms of diabetes listed. The goal of this chapter is to discuss, very briefly, the other classes of diabetes which occur in children and are of importance to physicians caring for adolescents.