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Early postnatal growth in children with HLA-conferred susceptibility to type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews - 1 Jan 2014
Peet A, Hämäläinen A-M, Kool P, Ilonen J, Knip M, Tillmann V
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: An association between increased length/height and weight gain and risk of type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been reported in children. We set out to investigate the potential contribution of T1D human leukocyte antigen (HLA) risk genotypes to this association in two countries with a contrasting disease incidence. METHODS: In Estonia and Finland, length and weight were monitored up to the age of 24...
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