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Genetic susceptibility to type 1 diabetes mellitus in humans.
Physiological research - 1 Jan 2007
Kantárová D, Buc M
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM 1A) is an autoimmune disease belonging to the most frequent chronic diseases of the childhood and young adults. DM 1A results from immune-mediated destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. It is a genetically determined disease and many genes or genetic regions were found to be associated with its induction. In addition to the insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus...
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