Seasonal variation in the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in south-east Sweden

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-81

  Samuelsson, U ^a   Carstensen, J ^a   Lofman O ^b,c   Nordfeldt, S ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Duration of symptoms; Infection; pH value; Seasonality; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SORE THROAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846937580     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.07.023     Document Type: Article

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