AAP News Vol. 15 No. 12 December 1999, p. 20
© 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics
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Pediatricians can help win support for student diabetes regimen

Francine Kaufman M.D., FAAP and Howard Taras M.D., FAAP

The treatment of diabetes mellitus in children and youth has intensified over the past few years as a result of the findings of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial reported in 1993 (New England Journal of Medicine. 329: 977-986, 1993). This landmark study showed that controlling blood glucose levels markedly lessens the complications of diabetes. Consequently, children with diabetes are performing more blood glucose tests and taking more insulin injections.