[The families of diabetic children: a 2-year follow-up].
A great amount of clinical and experimental evidence has been accumulated on the role of immunological early events in the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus. In order to try to make a precocious diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus, the Authors have studied all the components of the family in a group of diabetic children. This study is a part of a collaborative International Study called IFS (International Family Study). The Authors describe the scheme of this project in detail. During this study the Authors made a very early diagnosis of diabetes in a child, brother of another diabetic boy. The importance of this approach to the diabetic disease is discussed.
Blasetti
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A
Clinica Pediatrica, Università degli Studi G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italia.
Chiarelli
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F
Pelliccia
P
P
Verrotti
A
A
Massari
G
G
Morgese
G
G
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D005190:Family; D005192:Family Health; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors
Studio su famiglie di bambini diabetici: follow-up di 2 anni.