Erschienen in:
01.02.2012 | Editorial
Type 1 diabetes is increasing in very young children, but is the real reason referable only to environmental factors?
verfasst von:
Andrea E. Scaramuzza, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti
Erschienen in:
Acta Diabetologica
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Ausgabe 1/2012
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Excerpt
In spite of intensive research in recent decades, the causative factors of type 1 diabetes remain unknown. To some extent the disease is genetically influenced, and mostly by certain MHC types. However, 90% of patients with type 1 diabetes have no first-degree relatives, and the pairwise concordance rate for monozygotic twins is <30% [
1]. In any event, type 1 diabetes is a disease in which the environment plays a major role [
2]. So far, the real factor(s) involved are still unknown, but many are put forward from time to time. …