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From genetic risk awareness to overt type 1 diabetes: parental stress in a placebo-controlled prevention trial.
Diabetes care - 1 Dec 2009
Goldstein Eszter, Hermann Robert, Renfors Timo J, Näntö-Salonen Kirsti M, Korhonen Tapio, Kärkkäinen Maarit, Veijola Riitta K, Knip Mikael, Simell Tuula T, Simell Olli G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the psychological burden of parents facing increasing risk of type 1 diabetes in their children. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: In the population-based Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention (DIPP) Study, newborn infants with HLA-DQB1-conferred diabetes risk were enrolled in sequential analyses of diabetes-associated autoantibodies. Those persistently positive for at least two...
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