2. The 9th International Beilinson-Schneider Symposium on Children with Parents or Siblings with Diabetes - Medical and Psycho-Social Aspects

September 22-25, 2000


Hereditary aspects of childhood diabetes
Epidemiology of multiple diabetes in families
Natural course of autoimmunity in children of parents with diabetes
Is there a common etiology for type I diabetes and celiac disease?
Nutrition and the risk for autoimmunity
Screening of children of diabetic parents
Trials to prevent type I diabetes in children with diabetic siblings or parents
Prevention of Type II Diabetes in children
Psychological impact in children or parents at-risk of type I Diabetes
Psychological and ethical aspects of so-called "prevention trials"
Living with parents and/or siblings with diabetes
Family interaction in multiple type I diabetes families
Family relations in a family with several generations of diabetes
Diabetes in infant siblings
Fathers' role in families with children with diabetes
Divorce in families with multiple diabetes

Amongst the Speakers:

E. Bonifacio, Italy
B. Francoise, Austria
M.L. De Alva, Mexico
H. Dorchy, Belgium
G.S. Eisenbarth, USA
G. Ball-Friedman, Israel
R. Galatzer, Israel
D.W. Guthrie, USA
L. Guazzarotti, Italy
G.M. Hanif, Bangladesh
T. Hartmut, Germany
S.B. Johnson, USA
K. Kida, Japan
W. Kiess, Germany
M. Knip, Finland
A.M. La Greca, USA
Y. Lopatiyski, Poland
D. Marrero, USA
A. Ornoy, Israel
M. Phillip, Israel
R. Rapaport, USA
R. Roth, Austria
D.A. Schatz, USA
D. Schuppan, Germany
R. Schwarz, Germany
N. White, USA
M. Zavodniak-Szalapska, Poland
A. Ziegler, Germany


Maagan Holiday Village, Sea of Galilee, Israel


Z. Laron, Israel


M. Phillip, Israel
Roche - Germany
Novo/Nordisk - Israel
Lilly - Israel
JDF - Israel
Israel Diabetes Association

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