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SUBMITTER: Ballmann M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3975280 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC pediatrics 20140311
<h4>Background</h4>Diabetes mellitus may be present in patients with cystic fibrosis starting in the second decade of life. The prevalence increases rapidly with increasing age. As life-expectancy increases in cystic fibrosis, cystic fibrosis related diabetes will be diagnosed more frequently in the future.Up to date, no data are available to answer the question if cystic fibrosis related diabetes should always initially be treated by insulin therapy. Missing data regarding oral antidiabetic tre ...[more]