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A method for reporting and classifying acute infectious diseases in a prospective study of young children: TEDDY.
BMC pediatrics - 20 Mar 2015
Lönnrot Maria, Lynch Kristian, Larsson Helena Elding, Lernmark Åke, Rewers Marian, Hagopian William, She Jin-Xiong, Simell Olli, Ziegler Anette-G, Akolkar Beena, Krischer Jeffrey, Hyöty Heikki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Early childhood environmental exposures, possibly infections, may be responsible for triggering islet autoimmunity and progression to type 1 diabetes (T1D). The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) follows children with increased HLA-related genetic risk for future T1D. TEDDY asks parents to prospectively record the child's infections using a diary book. The present paper shows...
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