Space-time clustering at birth and at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus in relation to early clinical manifestation

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 859-867

  Samuelsson, Ulf ^a   Carstensen, John ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth month; Duration of symptoms; Infections; Ketonurea; Time space clustering; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; WINTER;

EID: 0141925971     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2003.16.6.859     Document Type: Article

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