Highlights from the 37th Annual Meeting for ISPAD, Miami

Pediatr Diabetes. 2012 Feb;13(1):124-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2011.00850.x.

Abstract

The 37th Annual Meeting for the International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes was held in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. The meeting, titled 'Possibilities for Prevention and Diabetes and its Complications', attracted over 1000 delegates from 52 countries. Fifty-six oral abstracts were presented, along with 294 posters, representing the diversity of research and clinical innovations in the field of pediatric and adolescent diabetes around the world. Abstracts to the Oral and Poster Sessions can be found in a recent supplement of Pediatric Diabetes. Here are some highlights from the plenary sessions, symposia, and oral presentations.

Publication types

  • Congress

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adolescent Behavior / physiology
  • Adolescent Health Services / trends
  • Child
  • Child Behavior / physiology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Congresses as Topic* / organization & administration
  • Congresses as Topic* / trends
  • Diabetes Complications / prevention & control
  • Diabetes Mellitus / genetics
  • Diabetes Mellitus / immunology
  • Diabetes Mellitus / therapy*
  • Endocrinology / methods
  • Endocrinology / organization & administration*
  • Endocrinology / trends
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • International Cooperation
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / genetics
  • Obesity / immunology
  • Pediatrics / methods
  • Pediatrics / organization & administration*
  • Pediatrics / trends
  • Societies, Medical / organization & administration*
  • Societies, Medical / trends