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Management of childhood diseases during the Byzantine period: IV − Juvenile diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Ramoutsaki Ioanna A,
Dimitriou Helen,
Markaki ErasmiaA,
Kalmanti Maria
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-200x.2002.01575.x
Subject(s) - medicine , juvenile , byzantine architecture , diabetes mellitus , disease , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , endocrinology , classics , genetics , history , biology
Although Byzantine physicians seemed to recognize the clinical entity and the symptoms of juvenile diabetes mellitus very well, they did not mention many details about the treatment of the disease. Most probably they treated the young patients in the same way as the adults. It is worth mentioning that diabetes was considered a difficult medical problem.