Incidence of type 1 diabetes has doubled in Rome and the Lazio region in the 0- to 14-year age-group: A 6-year prospective study (2004-2009)

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Bizzarri, Carla ^a   Patera, Patrizia Ippolita ^a   Arnaldi, Claudia ^b   Petrucci, Stefano ^c   Bitti, Maria Luisa Manca ^d   Scrocca, Raffaella ^e   Manfrini, Silvia ^f   Portuesi, Rosalba ^f   Buzzetti, Raffaella ^g   Cappa, Marco ^a   Pozzilli, Paolo ^f,h  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^g Sapienza Polo Pontino ^*  (Italy)

^h ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; INSULINOMA ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AUTUMN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROME;

EID: 79951692794     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-1168     Document Type: Letter

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