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Immunopathological and genetic features in slowly progressive insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and latent autoimmune diabetes in adults.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Oct 2006
Kobayashi Tetsuro, Tanaka Shoichiro, Harii Norikazu, Aida Kaoru, Shimura Hiroki, Ohmori Masayuki, Kanesige Masahiro, Shimada Akira, Maruyama Taro
Abstract excerpt
In 1982 we proposed the presence of a subtype of type 1 diabetes [slowly progressive insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (SPIDDM)], which was characterized by persistently positive islet cell antibody, late age of onset, noninsulin-dependent diabetes, and slowly progressive beta cell failure. Since then many studies demonstrated that this subtype of type 1 diabetes is prevalent in many ethnic groups and was later...
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