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The threshold hypothesis: solving the equation of nurture vs nature in type 1 diabetes.
Diabetologia - 1 Sept 2011
Wasserfall C, Nead K, Mathews C, Atkinson M A
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For more than 40 years, the contributions of nurture (i.e. the environment) and nature (i.e. genetics) have been touted for their aetiological importance in type 1 diabetes. Disappointingly, knowledge gains in these areas, while individually successful, have to a large extent occurred in isolation from each other. One reason underlying this divide is the lack of a testable model that simultaneously considers the...
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