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ea0029p595 | Diabetes | ICEECE2012

Comparative incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in school-aged children between immigrated families and the background population living in Piedmont or in Morocco, 2005–2009: a role for vitamin D?

Savastio S. , Prodam F. , Perino A. , Balafrej A. , Monzani A. , Lera R. , Fontana F. , Cerutti F. , Bona G. , Cadario F.

Introduction: The aim was to compare the incidence of type 1 diabetes between immigrant Moroccan and Romanian children and background population in Piedmont, Italy, and between Moroccan children living in Italy and their counterpart in Morocco.Patients and methods: All new cases of type 1 diabetes aged 613 years in Piedmont and Morocco in 20052009 were retrieved by regional registries. Numbers of children regularly registered to primary and m...

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ea0029p1310 | Paediatric endocrinology | ICEECE2012

A particular phenotype in a case of Down-Turner syndrome

Bergamaschi S. , Giavoli C. , Profka E. , Ferrante E. , Fortuna R. , Guerneri S. , Milani D. , Menni F. , Cerutti M. , Manzoni G. , Berrettini A. , Vallasciani S. , Spada A. , Beck-Peccoz P.

Introduction: Double aneuploidy involving both sex and autosomal chromosomes (chr) is very rare, DownTurner syndrome being the most frequent. Fourty-seven cases of DownTurner mosaicism have been reported, only nine with a karyotype containing Y chr (phenotype: seven male, two ambiguous genitals).Case report: We describe a girl affected with Down-Turner syndrome. The cytogenetic analysis on peripheral lymphocytes, performed 2 months after birt...

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Comparative incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in school-aged children between immigrated families and the background population living in Piedmont or in Morocco, 2005–2009: a role for vitamin D?

A particular phenotype in a case of Down-Turner syndrome

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