Affiliation:
1. Centre of Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, San Michele Hospital, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Abstract
Sardinia and Finland are the “hottest” areas for type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) worldwide. Its genetic and epidemiological background make Sardinia an ideal region for investigating environmental, immunological, and genetic factors related to the etiopathogenesis of T1DM. Consequently, in 1990, the Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Sardinia Project was launched in order to map the geographical distribution of T1DM in the island and to investigate preclinical phases of T1DM in a large cohort of people genetically at risk. The final goal would be to design models of prediction and to formulate safe preventive measures, especially addressed to the general population living in areas at high risk.
Subject
Biomedical Engineering,Bioengineering,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,Internal Medicine
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