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Common variants in the TCF7L2 gene help to differentiate autoimmune from non-autoimmune diabetes in young (15-34 years) but not in middle-aged (40-59 years) diabetic patients.
Diabetologia - 1 Dec 2008
Bakhtadze E, Cervin C, Lindholm E, Borg H, Nilsson P, Arnqvist H J, Bolinder J, Eriksson J W, Gudbjörnsdottir S, Nyström L, Agardh C-D, Landin-Olsson M, Sundkvist G, Groop L C
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Type 1 diabetes in children is characterised by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells and the presence of certain risk genotypes. In adults the same situation is often referred to as latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA). We tested whether genetic markers associated with type 1 or type 2 diabetes could help to discriminate between autoimmune and non-autoimmune diabetes in young...
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