Increasing incidence and age at diagnosis among children with type 1 diabetes mellitus over a 20-year period in Auckland (New Zealand).

Increasing incidence and age at diagnosis among children with type 1 diabetes mellitus over a 20-year period in Auckland (New Zealand).

BACKGROUND: We aimed to evaluate the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children <15 years of age (yr) in the Auckland region (New Zealand) over 20 years (1990-2009). METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of all patients <15 yr diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, from an unselected co...

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Main Authors: José G B Derraik, Peter W Reed, Craig Jefferies, Samuel W Cutfield, Paul L Hofman, Wayne S Cutfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3289670?pdf=render

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