Is early-onset type 1 diabetes associated with learning difficulties in children? Type 1 diabetes, or juvenile diabetes, results from the autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.

This study found minor learning difficulties in children in their early school years. They had deficits in phonological processing.

Verbal and academic skills in children with early-onset type 1 diabetes.
Dev Med Child Neurol. 2010 Mar 19.

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