Sardinia: A battlefield approach to Type I diabetes epidemiology

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 64-66

  Bottazzo, G F ^a   Cossu, E ^b   Cirillo, R ^b   Loviselli, A ^b   Velluzzi, F ^b   Mariotti, S ^b   Balestrieri, A ^b   Delitala, G ^c   Sepe, V ^a   Songint, M ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; EURODIAB ACE survey; Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENVIRONMENT; FINLAND; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ITALY;

EID: 0030689816     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000191317     Document Type: Article

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