RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Diabetic complications in a prepubertal adolescent. JF Archives of Disease in Childhood JO Arch Dis Child FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health SP 1397 OP 1398 DO 10.1136/adc.63.11.1397 VO 63 IS 11 A1 Sørensen, E A1 Aagenaes, O YR 1988 UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/63/11/1397.abstract AB A 13 year old boy, with a five year history of diabetes mellitus, developed a severe neuropathy and a transient deterioration of a background retinopathy after initiation of improved glycaemic control. This followed a long period of extremely poor metabolic control, with growth retardation and weight loss.