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Continuing increase in incidence of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes in the Czech Republic 1990–2001

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All members of the Czech Childhood Diabetes Register, and the Association of Parents and Friends of Diabetic Children are acknowledged for providing data and for excellent collaboration and continuing support. The Register was financed by the Lvice Foundation, Prague, and by grants 64203 (the Ministry of Health) and 111300003 (the Ministry of Education, the Czech Republic).

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    Ondrej Cinek, Zdenek Sumnik & Jan Vavrinec

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Cinek, O., Sumnik, Z. & Vavrinec, J. Continuing increase in incidence of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes in the Czech Republic 1990–2001. Eur J Pediatr 162, 428–429 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-003-1211-1

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