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Environmental triggers of type 1 diabetes.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine - 1 Jul 2012
Knip Mikael, Simell Olli
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is perceived as a progressive immune-mediated disease, the clinical diagnosis of which is preceded by an asymptomatic preclinical period of highly variable duration. It has long been postulated that the disease process leading to overt T1D is triggered by an infectious agent, the strongest candidate being a diabetogenic enterovirus. The initiation and progression of the disorder likely...
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