Incidence of Type I diabetes mellitus in children aged 0-14 in Japan, 1986-1990, including an analysis for seasonality of onset and month of birth: JDS study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-63

  Kida, K ^a   Mimura, G ^b   Ito, T ^a   Murakami, K ^c   Ashkenazi, I ^d   Laron, Z ^d  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Shokei Junior College   (Japan)

^c Suma Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aetiology of Type 1 diabetes mellitus; Childhood Type 1 diabetes mellitus; Female male ratio; Incidence; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JAPAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; REGISTRIES; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033962240     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2000.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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