The incidence of type 1 diabetes in the age group 0-39 years has not increased in Antwerp (Belgium) between 1989 and 2000: Evidence for earlier disease manifestation

Diabetes Care

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 840-846

  Weets, Ilse ^a   De Leeuw, Ivo H ^b   Du Caju, Marc V L ^b   Rooman, Raoul ^b   Keymeulen, Bart ^a   Mathieu, Chantal ^c   Rottiers, Raoul ^d   Daubresse, Jean Claude ^e   Rocour Brumioul, Danielle ^f   Pipeleers, Daniel G ^a   Gorus, Frans K ^a  

^a DIABETES RESEARCH CENTER   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e Hospital Civil Charleroi   (Belgium)

^f CHR la Citadelle ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MATURITY ONSET DIABETES MELLITUS; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036580691     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.25.5.840     Document Type: Article

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