Diabetes
diabetes mellitus types I and
II, diabetes insipidus, other types
- American
Diabetes Association
- National Service, Alexandria,
VA 22314
- Phone: (800) 232-3472 or (703)
549-1500, Fax: (703) 549-6995
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- Canadian
Diabetes Association
- 78 Bond St., Toronto, Ontario,
CN M5B 2J8
- Phone: (416) 362-4440
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- Juvenile
Diabetes Foundation
- 432 Park Ave. South, New
York, NY 10016
- Phone: (800) 533-2873 or (212)
889-7575, Fax: (212) 532-8791
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- The
Diabetes Insipidus Foundation, Inc. - Support
for Neurogenic, Nephrogenic, Gestagenic (gestational) and Dipsogenic Diabetes
Insipidus
- 4533 Ridge Drive, Baltimore,
Maryland 21229 USA
Phone: 410-247-3953, mailbox #1, Fax: 410-247-5584
- E-mail: diabetesinsipidus@amdyne.net
Diabetes Insipidus
is rare disease in which the in which the kidneys produce abnormally large
volumes of dilute urine . It is NOT diabetes mellitus/sugar diabetes. DI crosses
over all age groups from the pre-born to the elderly and knows no socio-economic
boundaries. Some of the causes of central/neurogenic Diabetes Insipidus are
head trauma, brain tumor, illness and genetics. Some of the causes of nephrogenic
Diabetes Insipidus are lithium usage, renal failure and genetics.
Online links:
- Genetics
of Diabetes Mellitus, special issue, edited by CS Bartsocas,
RDG Lesliem, Seminars in Medical Genetics, American Journal of Medical Genetics,
Volume 115, Issue 1, 2002, Wiley-Liss, Inc., Online ISSN: 1096-8628 Print
ISSN: 0148-7299 New
- Genetics
& Diabetes: What's Your Risk? Joslin's
Online Diabetes Library, Harvard Medical School
- Frequently
Asked Questions about Diabetes,
Diabetes Public Health Resource, Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- Population
Genetics and Diabetes, Genetics
of Type II Diabetes, Human Genome Project and Diabetes, New Mexico State
University
- Diabetes
& Genetic Risk Factors, Genetics & Public Issues
(GPI), National
Center for Genome Resources (NCGR)
- Children
with Diabetes
- Online
Diabetes Resources, Rick Mendosa
- Pima
Indians and diabetes, Genetic Research, National Institutes
of Health
- National
Diabetes Insipidus Foundation
(nephrogenic diabetes insipidus)
- Diabetes
Insipidus and Related Disorders Network (DIARD)
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January 23, 2009
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