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Autoantibodies and HLA susceptibility markers in Canadian first-degree relatives of patients with type 1 diabetes.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Apr 2002
Behme M T, Mahon J L, Dupre J
Abstract excerpt
We examined the frequencies of autoantibodies to glutamate decarboxylase, GAD65, protein tyrosine phosphatase, IA-2/ICA512, and insulin, and of HLA class II markers in ICA-positive first-degree relatives of patients with type 1 diabetes. Our results indicate that while the presence of HLA susceptibility markers is associated with anti-islet autoantibodies, protective DQB1 markers do not absolutely prevent...
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