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Recent advancement of understanding pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes and potential relevance to diabetic nephropathy.
American journal of nephrology - 1 Jan 2007
Ichinose Kunihiro, Kawasaki Eiji, Eguchi Katsumi
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune disease characterized by progressive destruction of pancreatic beta cells by genetic and environmental factors which leads to an absolute dependence of insulin for survival and maintenance of health. Although the majority of mechanisms of beta cell destru...
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