Incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus among Sardinian-heritage children born in Lazio region, Italy

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9046, 1997, Pages 160-162

  Muntoni, Sa ^a   Fonte, M T ^b   Stoduto, S ^b   Marietti, G ^c   Bizzarri, C ^c   Crino A ^d   Ciampalini, P ^d   Multari, G ^e   Suppa, M A ^e   Matteoli, M C ^d   Lucentini, L ^d   Sebastiani, L M ^e   Visalli, N ^e   Pozzilli, P ^e   Boscherini, B ^b   Muntoni, S ^a  

^a Centro per le Malattie Dismetaboliche e l'arteriosclerosi   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031034666     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)04241-9     Document Type: Article

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