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Effect of Sardinian heritage on risk and age at onset of type 1 diabetes: a demographic case-control study of Sardinian migrants.
International journal of epidemiology - 1 Jun 2000
Bruno G, Pagano G, Faggiano F, De Salvia A, Merletti F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Children of Sardinian heritage are at high risk of type 1 diabetes, whereas no data are available in young adults. Age at onset of type 1 diabetes could be associated with different relative weight of genetic susceptibility and environmental determinants in the pathogenesis of the disease. We test this hypothesis in subjects with Sardinian heritage 0-29 years of age living in the city of Turin, a...
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