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Islet autoimmunity in children with Down's syndrome.
Diabetes - 1 Nov 2006
Gillespie Kathleen M, Dix Rachel J, Williams Alistair J K, Newton Richard, Robinson Zoey F, Bingley Polly J, Gale Edwin A M, Shield Julian P H
Abstract excerpt
There is an unexplained excess of type 1 diabetes and other organ-specific autoimmune diseases in children with Down's syndrome, but the immunogenetic characteristics of diabetes in Down's syndrome have not been investigated. We studied the frequency of islet autoantibodies in 106 children with D...
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