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Incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes: a worrying trend

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Much attention has focused on the increasing prevalence of childhood type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, considerable evidence suggests that the incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus is also increasing. The results of a multicenter registration study from Europe confirm this alarming trend, which has important health-care implications.

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Figure 1: Prenatal, perinatal and postnatal factors implicated in the development of autoimmune type 1 diabetes mellitus.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China

    Ronald C. W. Ma & Juliana C. N. Chan

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Ma, R., Chan, J. Incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes: a worrying trend. Nat Rev Endocrinol 5, 529–530 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2009.180

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