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[Which factors cause type-1 diabetes?]
1II pediatriska klinken, Helsingfors Universitetscentralsjukhus.
Nordisk Medicin
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Type 1 diabetes is due to selective and irreversible destruction of pancreatic beta-cells via an autoimmune process. The pathogenetic course is dependent both upon genetic predisposition for the disease and upon one or more environmental factors--eg, viral infection, dietary factors, and exposure to toxins or mental stress.