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. 2022 Sep 27;328(12):1252-1255.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.14092.

SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Presymptomatic Type 1 Diabetes Autoimmunity in Children and Adolescents From Colorado, USA, and Bavaria, Germany

Marian Rewers  1 , Ezio Bonifacio  2 , Dominik Ewald  3 , Cristy Geno Rasmussen  1 , Xiaofan Jia  1 , Laura Pyle  1 , Anette-Gabriele Ziegler  4 ; ASK Study Group and Fr1da Study Group
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SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Presymptomatic Type 1 Diabetes Autoimmunity in Children and Adolescents From Colorado, USA, and Bavaria, Germany

Marian Rewers et al. JAMA. .
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This study screens more than 50 000 youths in diverse populations of Colorado and Bavaria to assess whether previous SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with autoimmunity, which predicts future type 1 diabetes.

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