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Series 2 Episode 7. Jean Claude Katte. Type 1 Diabetes in Africa: different in so many ways.
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Dr Jean Claude Katte explains how in Sub Saharan Africa diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of Type 1 diabetes in children and young adults is so much harder than in Europe. He discusses with Maggie and Andrew his own exciting research that has shown that around 60% of African children with diabetes do not have the typical autoimmune Type 1 diabetes seen in over 90% of children with diabetes in Europe. Jean Claude aims to do more research to discover what causes this new cause of severe young-onset diabetes in Sub Saharan Africa.
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Manage episode 435199134 series 3528389
Dr Jean Claude Katte explains how in Sub Saharan Africa diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of Type 1 diabetes in children and young adults is so much harder than in Europe. He discusses with Maggie and Andrew his own exciting research that has shown that around 60% of African children with diabetes do not have the typical autoimmune Type 1 diabetes seen in over 90% of children with diabetes in Europe. Jean Claude aims to do more research to discover what causes this new cause of severe young-onset diabetes in Sub Saharan Africa.
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