Atopic eczema in early childhood could be protective against Type 1 diabetes

Diabetologia

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 784-788

  Rosenbauer, J ^a   Herzig, P ^a   Giani, G ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopic eczema; Case control study; Hay fever; Population based; Pre school children; Th1 Th2 paradigm; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 0038574572     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-003-1108-6     Document Type: Article

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