Patients with multiple sclerosis and risk of type 1 diabetes mellitus in Sardinia, Italy: A cohort study

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9316, 2002, Pages 1461-1465

  Marrosu, Maria Giovanna ^a   Cocco, Eleonora ^a   Lai, Marina ^a   Spinicci, Gabriella ^a   Pischedda, Maria Paola ^a   Contu, Paolo ^b  

^a Binaghi Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0037181635     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08431-3     Document Type: Article

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