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World J Diabetes. Dec 15, 2016; 7(20): 621-626
Published online Dec 15, 2016. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v7.i20.621
Published online Dec 15, 2016. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v7.i20.621
Double diabetes in Saudi Arabia: A new entity or an underestimated condition
Rim Braham, Aus Alzaid, Asirvatham Alwin Robert, Rania Ahmad Ahmad, Mohamed Abdulaziz Al Dawish, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh 11159, Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Mujammami, Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, Department of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia
Monther Zitouni, Samia Hasan Sobki, Department of Pathology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh 11159, Saudi Arabia
Author contributions: All authors contributed to this work.
Institutional review board statement: The study protocol was approved by the Research and Ethics committee of Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Informed consent statement: During the informed consent process, study participants are assured that data collected will be used only for stated purposes and will not be disclosed or released to others without the consent of the participants.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors have no conflict of interests and the work was not supported or funded by any drug company.
Data sharing statement: No data sharing as this manuscript and the data were not published elsewhere.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Rim Braham, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, P.O. Box 7897, Riyadh 11159, Saudi Arabia. braham_rim@yahoo.fr
Telephone: +966-1-4777714-43116
Received: June 2, 2016
Peer-review started: June 6, 2016
First decision: July 5, 2016
Revised: September 15, 2016
Accepted: October 17, 2016
Article in press: October 18, 2016
Published online: December 15, 2016
Peer-review started: June 6, 2016
First decision: July 5, 2016
Revised: September 15, 2016
Accepted: October 17, 2016
Article in press: October 18, 2016
Published online: December 15, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: Almost one-third of the young Saudi diabetic patients reveal atypical forms of double diabetes (DD) expressing features resulting from both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Therefore, identification of DD patients becomes important as this will give direction for the selection of the most apt diagnostic and therapeutic lines of treatment.