Microbial exposure in infancy and subsequent appearance of type 1 diabetes mellitus-associated autoantibodies: A cohort study

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 755-763

  Virtanen, Suvi M ^a,b,c   Takkinen, Hanna Mari ^a,b   Nwaru, Bright I ^b   Kaila, Minna ^b,d   Ahonen, Suvi ^a,b,c   Nevalainen, Jaakko ^e   Niinistö, Sari ^a   Siljander, Heli ^d   Simell, Olli ^f   Ilonen, Jorma ^e,g   Hyöty, Heikki ^b   Veijola, Riitta ^h   Knip, Mikael ^b,d,i  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

ⁱ FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD; CAT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; MICROFLORA; NEWBORN; PANCREAS ISLET; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CATS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84905860727     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.296     Document Type: Article

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