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Timing of initial cereal exposure in infancy and risk of islet autoimmunity.
JAMA - 1 Oct 2003
Norris Jill M, Barriga Katherine, Klingensmith Georgeanna, Hoffman Michelle, Eisenbarth George S, Erlich Henry A, Rewers Marian
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CONTEXT: Dietary exposures in infancy have been implicated, albeit inconsistently, in the etiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between cereal exposures in the infant diet and appearance of islet autoimmunity (IA). DESIGN: Birth cohort study conducted from 1994 to 2002 with a mean follow-up of 4 years. SETTING: Newborn screening for HLA was done at St Joseph's Hospital...
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