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Enterovirus RNA sequences in sera of schoolchildren in the general population and their association with type 1-diabetes-associated autoantibodies
9 Aug 2005
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease linked with genetic factors as well as with environmental triggers, such as virus infections, but the aetiology is still unclear. The authors analysed serum from autoantibody-positive (n=50) and autoantibody-negative (n=50) schoolchildren as well as children newly diagnosed with T1D (n=47; time from diagnosis, median 5 days, interquartile range 1-12 days) for the...
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