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Genetic modification of risk assessment based on staging of preclinical type 1 diabetes in siblings of affected children.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jun 2003
Mrena S, Savola K, Kulmala P, Reijonen H, Ilonen J, Akerblom H K, Knip M
Abstract excerpt
We set out to study the association between human leukocyte antigen-defined genetic disease susceptibility and the stage of preclinical type 1 diabetes and whether genetic predisposition affects the natural course of preclinical diabetes in initially nondiabetic siblings of affected children. A total of 701 initially unaffected siblings were graded into four stages of preclinical type 1 diabetes based on the...
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