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Perinatal factors and development of islet autoimmunity in early childhood: the diabetes autoimmunity study in the young.
American journal of epidemiology - 1 Jul 2004
Stene Lars C, Barriga Katherine, Norris Jill M, Hoffman Michelle, Erlich Henry A, Eisenbarth George S, McDuffie Robert S, Rewers Marian
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to test whether maternal age at delivery, child's birth order, cesarean section, complicated delivery, maternal smoking during pregnancy, or neonatal jaundice predict islet autoimmunity in children at genetically increased risk of type 1 diabetes in a birth cohort with blood draws at ages 9, 15, and 24 months and yearly thereafter. Newborns with diabetes-associated human leukocyte...
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