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Background

What do we already know about this topic?

  • Celiac disease, an autoimmune condition, shares many genetic factors with type 1 diabetes (T1D).
  • The TEDDY (The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young) study is defining the environmental determinants and natural history of islet autoimmunity and T1D.
  • More than 400,000 newborns were screened in hospitals affiliated with the study centers between September 2004 and February 2010.