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How prevalent are diabetes-related complications in patients with youth-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus?

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boxed-textEppens MC et al. (2006) Prevalence of diabetes complications in adolescents with type 2 compared with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care 29: 1300–1306

Physicians need to monitor for complications early in the course of youth-onset T2DM and treat elevated blood pressure, dyslipidemia, microalbuminuria, and hyperglycemia aggressively while keeping HbA1c levels as close to normal as possible

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