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15th International & 14th European Congress of Endocrinology
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ManagemDiabetes in children
ea0029s24.2 | ManagemDiabetes in children | ICEECE2012
Hypotheses explaining the increase in type 1 diabetes
The incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) has increased markedly after World War II among children and adolescents, and in parallel the mean age at diagnosis has decreased. These trends support a critical role of exogenous factors in the development of T1D, since genetic factors alone can hardly explain the rapid increase. The hygiene hypothesis postulating a relationship between allergic diseases and a childhood environment characterized by a decreased pathogen exposure has rece...
Endocrine Abstracts
ISSN 1470-3947 (print) | ISSN 1479-6848 (online)
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