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Prevention of type 1 diabetes: Where do we start?

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Pozzilli, P., Adorini, L. Prevention of type 1 diabetes: Where do we start?. J Endocrinol Invest 26, 292–293 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03345174

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