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Autoantibodies and genetic factors associated with the development of type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in first degree relatives of diabetic patients.
Diabetologia - 1 Mar 1991
Thivolet C, Beaufrère B, Geburher L, Chatelain P, Orgiazzi J, François R
Abstract excerpt
Factors associated with diabetes onset were analysed for their predictive value in 708 first-degree relatives of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients including 374 parents and 308 siblings of Type 1 diabetic patients. Relatives were prospectively followed for 2,304 subject years with blood samples for specific autoantibody evaluation. Islet cell cytoplasmic autoantibody titres were quantified in Juvenile...
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