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Does emotional stress play a role in the initiation of autoimmune diabetes in infancy?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism volume 2, pages 312–313 (2006)Cite this article

boxed-textSepa A et al. (2005) Mothers' experiences of serious life events increase the risk of diabetes-related autoimmunity in their children. Diabetes Care 28: 2394–2399

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