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Discipline of Paediatrics
Women's and Children's Hospital
Level 2, Clarence Reiger Building
72 King William Road
North Adelaide, South Australia 5006

All enquiries:
Professor Jennifer Couper
Telephone: +618 8161 6242
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Recent papers published by our diabetes researchers

2010

Harrington J, Peña AS, Gent R, Hirte C & Couper J (2010). ‘Aortic intima media thickness is an early marker of atherosclerosis in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus', Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 156, issue 2, pp. 237-41.

Pearlman A, Loke J, Le Caignec C, White S, Chin L, Friedman A, Warr N, Willan J, Brauer D, Farmer C, Brooks E, Oddoux C, Riley B, Shajahan S, Camerino G, Homfray T, Crosby AH, Couper J, David A, Greenfield A, Sinclair A & Ostrer H (2010). ‘Mutations in MAP3K1 cause 46,XY disorders of sex development and implicate a common signal transduction pathway in human testis determination', American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 87, issue 6, pp. 898-904.

Peña AS, Belobrajdic DP, Wiltshire E, Gent R, Hirte C & Couper J (2010). ‘Adiponectin relates to smooth muscle function and folate in obese children', International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, vol. 5, issue 2, pp. 185-91.

2009

Adolescent type 1 Diabetes cardio-renal Intervention Trial Research Group (2009). ‘Adolescent type 1 Diabetes Cardio-renal Intervention Trial (AdDIT)', BMC Pediatrics, vol 9, p. 17.

Couper JJ, Beresford S, Hirte C, Baghurst PA, Pollard A, Tait BD, Harrison LC & Colman PG (2009). ‘Weight gain in early life predicts risk of islet autoimmunity in children with a first-degree relative with type 1 diabetes', Diabetes Care, vol. 32, issue 1, pp. 94-9.

Couper J & Donaghue KC (2009). ‘Phases of diabetes in children and adolescents', Pediatric Diabetes, vol. 10, supplement 12, pp 13-6.

MacKenzie KE, Wiltshire EJ, Peña AS, Gent R, Hirte C, Piotto L & Couper JJ (2009). ‘Hs-CRP is associated with weight, BMI, and female sex but not with endothelial function in children with type 1 diabetes', Pediatric Diabetes, vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 44-51.

Peña AS, Belobrajdic DP, Wiltshire E, Gent R, Hirte C & Couper J (2009). ‘Adiponectin relates to smooth muscle function and folate in obese children', International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, vol. 5, issue 2, pp. 185-191.


Meet our kids

Ryan

15-year-old Ryan administers his own finger prick test during a routine diabetes clinic at the Children’s Research Centre, to measure the levels of glucose and haemoglobin A1c in his blood.