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• Denis Daneman

Diabetes-Related Mortality: A pediatrician’s view

• Gérard Reach

Which Threshold to Detect Hypoglycemia?: Value of receiver-operator curve analysis to find a compromise between sensitivity and specificity

• Anna V. Möllsten,
• Gisela G. Dahlquist,
• Eva-Lena Stattin,
• and Susanne Rudberg

Higher Intakes of Fish Protein Are Related to a Lower Risk of Microalbuminuria in Young Swedish Type 1 Diabetic Patients

• Desmond E. Williams,
• William C. Knowler,
• Cynthia J. Smith,
• Robert L. Hanson,
• Janine Roumain,
• Aramesh Saremi,
• Andrea M. Kriska,
• Peter H. Bennett,
• and Robert G. Nelson

The Effect of Indian or Anglo Dietary Preference on the Incidence of Diabetes in Pima Indians

• Elisabeth Krampl,
• Nikolaos A. Kametas,
• Peter Nowotny,
• Michael Roden,
• and Kypros H. Nicolaides

Glucose Metabolism in Pregnancy at High Altitude

• Rimei Nishimura,
• Ronald E. LaPorte,
• Janice S. Dorman,
• Naoko Tajima,
• Dorothy Becker,
• and Trevor J. Orchard

Mortality Trends in Type 1 Diabetes: The Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) Registry 1965–1999

• T. Chas Skinner and
• Sarah E. Hampson

Personal Models of Diabetes in Relation to Self-Care, Well-Being, and Glycemic Control: A prospective study in adolescence

• Anne Fagot-Campagna,
• Jinan B. Saaddine,
• Katherine M. Flegal,
• and Gloria L.A. Beckles

Diabetes, Impaired Fasting Glucose, and Elevated HbA_1c in U.S. Adolescents: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

• Karl A. Metcalfe,
• Graham A. Hitman,
• Rachel E. Rowe,
• Mohammed Hawa,
• Xiaojian Huang,
• Timothy Stewart,
• and R. David G. Leslie

Concordance for Type 1 Diabetes in Identical Twins Is Affected by Insulin Genotype

• Beverley Balkau,
• Henry S. Kahn,
• Dominique Courbon,
• Eveline Eschwège,
• and Pierre Ducimetière

Hyperinsulinemia Predicts Fatal Liver Cancer but Is Inversely Associated With Fatal Cancer at Some Other Sites: The Paris Prospective Study

• Jimmy P.S. Chern,
• Kai-Hsin Lin,
• Meng-Yao Lu,
• Dong-Tsam Lin,
• Kuo-Sin Lin,
• Jong-Dar Chen,
• and Cheng-Chung Fu

Abnormal Glucose Tolerance in Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassemic Patients

• Christoph Trautner,
• Burkhard Haastert,
• Maximilian Spraul,
• Guido Giani,
• and Michael Berger

Unchanged Incidence of Lower-Limb Amputations in a German City, 1990–1998

• James S. Wrobel,
• Jennifer A. Mayfield,
• and Gayle E. Reiber

Geographic Variation of Lower-Extremity Major Amputation in Individuals With and Without Diabetes in the Medicare Population

• Jihyun Song,
• Jee Young Oh,
• Yeon-Ah Sung,
• Youngmi Kim Pak,
• Kyong Soo Park,
• and Hong Kyu Lee

Peripheral Blood Mitochondrial DNA Content Is Related to Insulin Sensitivity in Offspring of Type 2 Diabetic Patients

• Emmanuel Cosson,
• Frédéric Paycha,
• Philippe Tellier,
• Régis Nessim Sachs,
• Arabi Ramadan,
• Jacques Paries,
• Jean-Raymond Attali,
• and Paul Valensi

Lower-Limb Vascularization in Diabetic Patients: Assessment by thallium-201 scanning coupled with exercise myocardial scintigraphy

• PierMarco Piatti,
• Lucilla D. Monti,
• Gianpietro Valsecchi,
• Fulvio Magni,
• Emanuela Setola,
• Federica Marchesi,
• Marzia Galli-Kienle,
• Guido Pozza,
• and K. George M.M. Alberti

Long-Term Oral l-Arginine Administration Improves Peripheral and Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

• Kenneth R. Pitzer,
• Shashi Desai,
• Tim Dunn,
• Steve Edelman,
• Yalia Jayalakshmi,
• John Kennedy,
• Janet A. Tamada,
• and Russell O. Potts

Detection of Hypoglycemia With the GlucoWatch Biographer

• Klaus Rave,
• Tim Heise,
• Andreas Pfützner,
• Lutz Heinemann,
• and Peter T. Sawicki

Impact of Diabetic Nephropathy on Pharmacodynamic and Pharmacokinetic Properties of Insulin in Type 1 Diabetic Patients

• Tomonori Uchimura,
• Kazushi Nakano,
• Teruto Hashiguchi,
• Hisahiko Iwamoto,
• Keisuke Miura,
• Yoshimichi Yoshimura,
• Naohiro Hanyu,
• Koichiro Hirata,
• Misturu Imakuma,
• Yoshihiro Motomiya,
• and Ikuro Maruyama

Elevation of N-(Carboxymethyl)valine Residue in Hemoglobin of Diabetic Patients: Its role in the development of diabetic nephropathy

• Irina Kowalska,
• Jolanta Prokop,
• Hanna Bachórzewska-Gajewska,
• Beata Telejko,
• Ida Kinalskal,
• Waclaw Kochman,
• and Wlodzimierz Musial

Disturbances of Glucose Metabolism in Men Referred for Coronary Arteriography: Postload glycemia as a predictor for coronary atherosclerosis

• Agnés Pascot,
• Jean-Pierre Després,
• Isabelle Lemieux,
• Natalie Alméras,
• Jean Bergeron,
• André Nadeau,
• Denis Prud’homme,
• Angelo Tremblay,
• and Simone Lemieux

Deterioration of the Metabolic Risk Profile in Women: Respective contributions of impaired glucose tolerance and visceral fat accumulation

• Tomoaki Morioka,
• Masanori Emoto,
• Tsutomu Tabata,
• Tetsuo Shoji,
• Hideki Tahara,
• Hiroshi Kishimoto,
• Eiji Ishimura,
• and Yoshiki Nishizawa

Glycemic Control Is a Predictor of Survival for Diabetic Patients on Hemodialysis

• Margo P. Cohen,
• Gregory T. Lautenslager,
• and Clyde W. Shearman

Increased Collagen IV Excretion in Diabetes: A marker of compromised filtration function

• Mats Bojestig,
• Bengt E. Karlberg,
• Torbjörn Lindström,
• and Fredrik H. Nystrom

Reduction of ACE Activity Is Insufficient to Decrease Microalbuminuria in Normotensive Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

• Walter F. DeNino,
• Andre Tchernof,
• Isabelle J. Dionne,
• Michael J. Toth,
• Philip A. Ades,
• Cynthia K. Sites,
• and Eric T. Poehlman

Contribution of Abdominal Adiposity to Age-Related Differences in Insulin Sensitivity and Plasma Lipids in Healthy Nonobese Women

• David E. Kelley and
• Bret H. Goodpaster

Skeletal Muscle Triglyceride: An aspect of regional adiposity and insulin resistance

• William C. Duckworth,
• Madeline McCarren,
• and Carlos Abraira

Glucose Control and Cardiovascular Complications: The VA Diabetes Trial

• Zachary T. Bloomgarden

American Diabetes Association 60th Scientific Sessions, 2000: The Diabetic Foot

• Mayer B. Davidson

Status of Research Funded by the American Diabetes Association: Year 2

• Chia-Hung Kao,
• Shih-Chuan Tsai,
• and Shung-Shung Sun

Scintigraphic Evidence of Poor Salivary Function in Type 2 Diabetes

• Tsuneharu Baba,
• Koichi Shimada,
• Sabine Neugebauer,
• Daishiro Yamada,
• Shigeatsu Hashimoto,
• and Tsuyoshi Watanabe

The Oral Insulin Sensitizer, Thiazolidinedione, Increases Plasma Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

• Luiz Guilherme Kraemer de Aguiar,
• Haroldo José de Matos,
• and Marília de Brito Gomes

Could Fasting Plasma Glucose Be Used for Screening High-Risk Outpatients for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus?

• N. Wah Cheung,
• Gia Wasmer,
• and Jalila Al-Ali

Risk Factors for Gestational Diabetes Among Asian Women

• Giovanni Targher,
• Luciano Zenari,
• Lorenzo Bertolini,
• Michele Muggeo,
• and Giacomo Zoppini

Elevated Levels of Interleukin-6 in Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Without Clinical Evidence of Microvascular and Macrovascular Complications

• David Edelman

Rate and Predictors of Glycemic Testing of Nondiabetic Patients in a Managed Care Population

• Felicia Hill-Briggs and
• Ruben J. Echemendia

Association of Metabolic Control With Problem-Solving Skills

• Kanako Nishikai,
• Akira Shimada,
• Shiro Iwanaga,
• Taketo Yamada,
• Satoru Yamada,
• Tatsuya Ishii,
• Hiroshi Maruyama,
• and Takao Saruta

Progression of Cardiac Dysfunction in a Case of Mitochondrial Diabetes: A case report

• Carmela Maiolo,
• Ehab I. Mohamed,
• Angela Andreoli,
• Nicola Candeloro,
• Paolo Rossi,
• and Antonino De Lorenzo

Is Altered Body Fat Distribution Responsible for Reduced Pulmonary Function in Obese Type 2 Diabetic Adult Women?

• Andriani Vazeou,
• Alexandra Papadopoulou,
• Ian W. Booth,
• and Christos S. Bartsocas

Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

• Graydon S. Meneilly,
• Christopher H.S. McIntosh,
• Raymond A. Pederson,
• Joel F. Habener,
• Ronald Gingerich,
• Josephine M. Egan,
• and Dariush Elahi

Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (7-37) Augments Insulin Release in Elderly Patients With Diabetes

• Ataru Taniguchi,
• Yoshikatsu Nakai,
• Masahiko Sakai,
• Satoru Yoshii,
• Masaru Hayashi,
• Kazukiyo Nishitani,
• Daizaburo Hamanaka,
• Shigeo Nakaishi,
• Takayuki Kamamoto,
• Itaru Nagata,
• Takahide Okumura,
• Hiroyuki Kishimoto,
• and Mitsuo Fukushima

Relationship of Regional Adiposity to Insulin Resistance in Nonobese Japanese Type 2 Diabetic Patients

• Shinichiro Takayama,
• Hiroshi Sakura,
• Kozo Katsumori,
• Taro Wasada,
• and Yasuhiko Iwamoto

A Possible Involvement of Parasympathetic Neuropathy on Insulin Resistance in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

• Mario Cotellessa,
• Giuseppe Minniti,
• Roberto Cerone,
• Francesca Prigione,
• Maria Grazia Calevo,
• and Renata Lorini

Low Total Plasma Homocysteine Concentrations in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

• Carlos Pavía,
• Imma Ferrer,
• Carme Valls,
• Rafael Artuch,
• Catrina Colomé,
• and M. Antònia Vilaseca

Plasma Homocysteine Levels in Type 1 Diabetic Patients

• Dai Shimono,
• Naomitsu Kuwamura,
• Yoshio Nakamura,
• and Hiroyuki Koshiyama

Lack of Effect of Pioglitazone on Postprandial Triglyceride Levels in Type 2 Diabetes

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