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

Canadian Diabetes Association: 78 Bond St., Toronto, Ontario, CN M5B 2J8; Phone: (416) 362-4440

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation: 432 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10016; Phone: (800) 533-2873 or (212) 889-7575, Fax: (212) 532-8791

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.

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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