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Maternal diet during pregnancy and islet autoimmunity in offspring.
Pediatric diabetes - 1 Apr 2008
Lamb Molly M, Myers Mark A, Barriga Katherine, Zimmet Paul Z, Rewers Marian, Norris Jill M
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BACKGROUND: Recent studies on the etiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) suggest that the components of the infant diet are associated with islet autoimmunity (IA), a precursor of T1DM. The role of prenatal nutritional exposures has not been thoroughly investigated. METHODS: The Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young has enrolled newborns from 1993 to 2004 at increased risk for T1DM based on human...
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