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Genetic determination of islet cell autoimmunity in monozygotic twin, dizygotic twin, and non-twin siblings of patients with type 1 diabetes: prospective twin study
13 Mar 1999
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OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that non-diabetic dizygotic and monozygotic twin siblings of patients with type 1 diabetes have a similar high prevalence of islet cell autoantibodies, thus suggesting that islet cell autoimmunity is mainly environmentally determined. DESIGN: Prospective twin study. SETTING: Two specialist centres for diabetes in the United States. PARTICIPANTS: Non-diabetic monozygotic twin...
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