Article
[Risk markers of insulin-dependent diabetes in the normal population].
Annales d'endocrinologie - 1 Jan 1992
Levy-Marchal C, Tichet J, Fajardy I, Dubois F, Czernichow P
Abstract excerpt
Risk factors for IDD have been studied in relatives of patients, in whom the risk is far higher than in the children from the background population. Several factors have been identified as the genetic background at the HLA level (DR and DQ regions) and autoantibodies like islet cells antibodies (ICA) and insulin autoantibodies (IAA). 8,363 sera from schoolchildren (age 6-17 yr) have been tested for the presence...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Alleles
- Autoantibodies
- Child
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Female
- France
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- Humans
- Insulin Antibodies
- Islets of Langerhans
- Male
