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Variable number of tandem repeats of the insulin gene determines susceptibility to latent autoimmune diabetes in adults.
Molecular diagnosis : a journal devoted to the understanding of human disease through the clinical application of molecular biology - 1 Jan 2004
Cerrone Gloria Edith, Caputo Mariela, Lopez Ariel Pablo, González Claudio, Massa Carmen, Cédola Norberto, Targovnik Héctor Manuel, Frechtel Gustavo Daniel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The different clinical presentations of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) and type 1 diabetes mellitus may be the result of susceptibility genes in determining the mode of onset. We analyzed the 5' polymorphisms of the insulin mini-satellite region (INS), a variable number o...
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