Increased incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Figures from an Italian tertiary care center

Highlights In 2021 as a whole we report an increase (22% to 35%) in incidence of type 1 diabetes compared to the years 2017 to 2020. A peak of incidence in the last 4 months of 2021, when the “fourth wave” of COVID‐19 peaked in Italy, has been observed. In the last quarter of 2021 there was a signif...

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Main Authors: Riccardo Schiaffini, Annalisa Deodati, Novella Rapini, Valentina Pampanini, Stefano Cianfarani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of Diabetes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.13298