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HLA genotyping supports a nonautoimmune etiology in patients diagnosed with diabetes under the age of 6 months.
Diabetes - 1 Jun 2006
Edghill Emma L, Dix Rachel J, Flanagan Sarah E, Bingley Polly J, Hattersley Andrew T, Ellard Sian, Gillespie Kathleen M
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Children with permanent diabetes are usually assumed to have type 1 diabetes. It has recently been shown that there are genetic subgroups of diabetes that are often diagnosed during the neonatal period but may present later. A recent Italian study proposed that type 1 diabetes is rare before 6 months of age. We aimed to examine genetic susceptibility to type 1 diabetes in patients diagnosed with diabetes before...
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