S. Wiegand, K. Raile, T. Reinehr, S. Hofer, A. Nake, W. Rabl and R. W Holl, Daily insulin
requirement of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: effect of age, gender, body …

Biological science notoriously leads us into a world of increasing complexity, and concepts
that purport to rearrange familiar observations into a new and simpler pattern therefore merit …

Type 1 diabetes with onset in childhood may influence height and weight trajectories in
patients around and after diagnosis. Patients with type 1 diabetes are known to display …

Despite 30 years of research, the cause of type-1 diabetes remains unknown. Meanwhile, its
incidence has risen three-fold, its clinical features have become increasingly difficult to …

To the Editor: The Editor's erudite commentary [1] on the accelerator hypothesis and its
impact on the classification of diabetes [2] points to where the hypothesis may be vulnerable …

In 2001, Prof. TJ Wilkin from Plymouth published a paper in which he outlined a new, and
controversial, hypothesis (The Accelerator Hypothesis) which postulated that diabetes is, in …

I read with interest the review by Wilkin 1 discussing the 'accelerator'hypothesis. I commend
the author for bravely attempting to unite the type 1 and type 2 disease classifications and …

Mean height SDS for South Asian children was 0.45 (95% CI− 0.05–0.95), and mean weight
SDS was 0.54 (95% CI− 0.05–1.13). Mean BMI SDS for South Asian children was 0.36 (95 …

The accelerator hypothesis was published in 2001, and proposes that that type 1 and type 2
diabetes are the same disorder of insulin resistance set against different genetic …

I had the privilege of hearing Robert Turner, the principle investigator of the United Kingdom
Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS; study of how best to treat type 2 diabetes performed in …