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The genetic basis for type 1 diabetes.
British medical bulletin - 1 Jan 2008
Mehers Kay L, Gillespie Kathleen M
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BACKGROUND: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is characterized by autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing beta-cells in the pancreas resulting from the action of environmental factors on genetically predisposed individuals. The increasing incidence over recent decades remains unexplained, but the capacit...
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