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TEDDY--The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young: an observational clinical trial.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Oct 2006
Hagopian William A, Lernmark Ake, Rewers Marian J, Simell Olli G, She Jin-Xiong, Ziegler Anette G, Krischer Jeffrey P, Akolkar Beena
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the TEDDY study is to identify infectious agents, dietary factors, or other environmental agents, including psychosocial factors, which may either trigger islet autoimmunity, type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), or both. The study has two end points: (a) appearance of islet autoantibodies and (b) clinical diagnosis of T1DM. Six clinical centers screen newborns for high-risk HLA genotypes. As of December...
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