The "Sardinia-IDDM study": An attempt to unravel the cause of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in one of the countries with the highest incidence of the disease in the world

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 417-424

  Bottazzo, Gian Franco ^a   Loviselli, Andrea ^b   Velluzzi, Fernanda ^b   Mariotti, Stefano ^b   Cossu, Efisio ^b   Cirillo, Rocco ^b   Balestrieri, Angelo ^b   Delitala, Giuseppe ^c   Sepe, Vincenzo ^a   Songini, Marco ^d  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS;

EID: 0031307096     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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