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HLA-DQB1 genotypes, islet antibodies and beta cell function in the classification of recent-onset diabetes among young adults in the nationwide Diabetes Incidence Study in Sweden.
Diabetologia - 1 Aug 2006
Bakhtadze E, Borg H, Stenström G, Fernlund P, Arnqvist H J, Ekbom-Schnell A, Bolinder J, Eriksson J W, Gudbjörnsdottir S, Nyström L, Groop L C, Sundkvist G
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The World Health Organization considers an aetiological classification of diabetes to be essential. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether HLA-DQB1 genotypes facilitate the classification of diabetes as compared with assessment of islet antibodies by investigating young adult diabetic patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Blood samples were available at diagnosis for 1,872 (90%) of the 2,077...
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