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Clinical and genetic characteristics of GAD-antibody positive patients initially diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Nov 2004
Hamaguchi Kazuyuki, Kimura Akinori, Kusuda Yoichiro, Yamashita Tsutomu, Yasunami Michio, Takahasi Megumi, Abe Nobuyuki, Yoshimatsu Hironobu
Abstract excerpt
The present study was conducted to clarify the clinical and genetic characteristics of the diabetic patients who have antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADab) but are diagnosed initially as type 2 diabetes because of the slow progression. Fifty-five GADab+ patients and 137 GADab- patients were recruited. The GADab+ patients were divided into two subgroups according to their antibody titers. The...
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