Pierre Bougnères

The Enigma of Finnish and Sardinian Type 1 Diabetes Incidence: Where Population History Meets Genetics

Finland and Sardinia have very high incidences of autoimmune type 1 diabetes (T1D), particularly in children, far exceeding those of other European countries—an enigma that has persisted for some forty years. Genetics has so far had only the established T1D-predisposing variants...