Higher Risk of Thyroid Disorders in Young Patients with Type 1 Diabetes: A 12-Year Nationwide, Population-Based, Retrospective Cohort Study

• Ming-Chi Lu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ming-Chi Lu, Shou-Chih Chang

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, 62247, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, 97004, Taiwan

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• Shou-Chih Chang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ming-Chi Lu, Shou-Chih Chang

  Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, 62247, Taiwan

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• Kuang-Yung Huang,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, 62247, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, 97004, Taiwan

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• Malcolm Koo ,

  * E-mail: tzuchilai@gmail.com (NSL); m.koo@utoronto.ca (MK)

  Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, 62247, Taiwan, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G3, Canada

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• Ning-Sheng Lai

  * E-mail: tzuchilai@gmail.com (NSL); m.koo@utoronto.ca (MK)

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, 62247, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, 97004, Taiwan

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