The "IDDM Sardinia Project" : A model of study on the etiopathogenesis of type I diabetes and of other autoimmune diseases;Il "progetto IDDM-Sardegna": Un modello di studio sull'eziopatogenesi del diabete mellito insulino-dipedente e di altre patologie autoimmuni

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-263

  Locatelli, Mattia ^c   Songini, Marco ^a   Bottazzo, Gian Franco ^b  

^a San Michele Hospital   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Epidemiology; Insulin dependent (type 1) diabetes mellitus; Islet related autoantibodies; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; MALE; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; THYROID DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 0033255811     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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