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Predicting type 1 diabetes.
Current diabetes reports - 1 Apr 2005
Achenbach Peter, Bonifacio Ezio, Ziegler Anette-G
Abstract excerpt
Predicting type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a prerequisite for disease prevention. Prediction is currently performed on three levels, which include the genetic susceptibility for disease, the identification of preclinical T1DM by way of circulating islet autoantibodies, and the use of metabolic tests to stage preclinical disease into late or early prediabetes. Combinations of genetic markers such as HLA...
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