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Enterovirus variants in the serum of children at the onset of Type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Jun 1999
Nairn C, Galbraith D N, Taylor K W, Clements G B
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AIMS: This study was designed to assess further the possible links between enterovirus infection and Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS: Sera from 110 children in the age range 0-15 years was obtained shortly after the diagnosis of Type 1 DM, in paediatric centres throughout the UK. They were tested for the presence of enteroviral sequences by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the 5' nontranslated region...
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