Maternal age and diabetes in childhood

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7744, 2010, Pages 436-

  Gale, Edwin A M ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ALLELE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DNA METHYLATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GERM LINE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77649195889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c623     Document Type: Editorial

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