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Increasing incidence of Type 1 diabetes--role for genes?
BMC genetics - 2 Apr 2004
Pitkäniemi Janne, Onkamo Päivi, Tuomilehto Jaakko, Arjas Elja
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BACKGROUND: The incidence of Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is increasing fast in many populations. The reasons for this are not known, although an increase in the penetrance of the diabetes-associated alleles, through changes in the environment, might be the most plausible mechanism. After the introduct...
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