The Sardinian way to type 1 diabetes

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1248-1255

  Songini, Marco ^a   Lombardo, Cira ^a  

^a San Michele Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetes registries; Sardinian epidemiology; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE;

EID: 79952201968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681000400526     Document Type: Review

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