An increasing trend in the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children aged 0-14 years in Romania - Ten years (1988-1997) EURODIAB study experience

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 983-991

  Ionescu Trgoviste C ^a   Guja, Cristian ^a   Calin A ^a   Mota, M ^a  

^a Clin of Nutr and Metabolic Disease   (ROM)

Author keywords

Children; Incidence; Increase; Romania; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; ROMANIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ROMANIA;

EID: 4344578193     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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