A fourfold difference in the incidence of type 1 diabetes between Sweden and Lithuania but similar prevalence of autoimmunity

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-181

  Samuelsson, U ^a   Sadauskaite, V ^b   Padaiga, Z ^b   Ludvigsson, J ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disorders; Environmental factors; Inheritance factors; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LITHUANIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 7944226367     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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