The prenatal environment and type 1 diabetes

Diabetologia

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1888-1897

  Stene, L C ^a,b   Gale, E A M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Maternal factors; Non genetic factors; Prenatal environment; Review; Risk factors; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONCEPTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA METHYLATION; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EPIGENETICS; FAMILY STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL SMOKING; MICROCHIMERISM; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW;

CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84881613172     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-013-2929-6     Document Type: Review

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