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Height, weight, height velocity and skeletal maturity information was collected on a group of 94 juvenile diabetics in a mixed longitudinal study, and compared to a control population. Familial growth trends were taken into consideration where possible. Although the hormonal environment in the juvenile diabetic is probably unusual and fluctuating, there is no evidence that juvenile diabetes is likely to interfere with growth provided that a reasonable degree of control is maintained.
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Birkbeck, J.A. Growth in juvenile diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia 8, 221–224 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01212266
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01212266