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Genetic similarities between latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, type 1 diabetes, and type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 May 2008
Cervin Camilla, Lyssenko Valeriya, Bakhtadze Ekaterine, Lindholm Eero, Nilsson Peter, Tuomi Tiinamaija, Cilio Corrado M, Groop Leif
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OBJECTIVE: Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is often considered a slowly progressing subtype of type 1 diabetes, although the clinical picture more resembles type 2 diabetes. One way to improve classification is to study whether LADA shares genetic features with type 1 and/or type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: To accomplish this, we studied whether LADA shares variation in the HLA locus or...
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