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Children developing type 1 diabetes before 6 years of age have increased linear growth independent of HLA genotypes.
Diabetologia - 1 Sept 2008
Larsson H Elding, Hansson G, Carlsson A, Cederwall E, Jonsson B, Jönsson B, Larsson K, Lynch K, Neiderud J, Lernmark A, Ivarsson S-A
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: High birthweight and increased childhood growth are risk factors for type 1 diabetes. Relative birthweight is associated with HLA genotypes that confer a high risk of diabetes. Our aims were to test whether young children prior to clinical onset of type 1 diabetes have increased: (1) birthweight or birth length standard deviation scores (SDS); (2) height development SDS; or (3) BMI SDS during...
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