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Fulminant type 1 diabetes: a novel clinical entity requiring special attention by all medical practitioners.
Nature clinical practice. Endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Jan 2007
Hanafusa Toshiaki, Imagawa Akihisa
Abstract excerpt
Fulminant type 1 diabetes is a recently discovered subtype of type 1 diabetes. It is defined as diabetes in which the process of beta-cell destruction and the progression of hyperglycemia and ketoacidosis are extremely rapid. The pathogenesis of this disease remains to be clarified, but the involvement of both genetic background-especially human leukocyte antigen genes-and viruses has been suggested. Fulminant...
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