Article
Clinical, autoimmune, and genetic characteristics of very young children with type 1 diabetes. Childhood Diabetes in Finland (DiMe) Study Group.
Diabetes care - 1 Dec 1999
Komulainen J, Kulmala P, Savola K, Lounamaa R, Ilonen J, Reijonen H, Knip M, Akerblom H K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the characteristics of type 1 diabetes in very young children. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Clinical outcome, islet cell antibodies (ICA), insulin autoantibodies (IAA), antibodies against GAD (GADA), IA-2 antibodies (IA-2A), and HLA-DQB1-defined genetic risk were analyzed in 35 children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before 2 years of age and compared with those in 146 children who were...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Age Factors
- Alleles
- Autoantibodies
- C-Peptide
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Genotype
- Glutamate Decarboxylase
- HLA-DQ Antigens
