Article
[Insulin autoantibodies and islet cell antibodies in recently appearing diabetes mellitus type I. Association with age of manifestation and HLA phenotype].
Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) - 15 Nov 1991
Ziegler A G, Rabl W, Albert E, Standl E
Abstract excerpt
Insulin autoantibody (IAA) and islet cell antibody (ICA) titres were measured in 108 newly diagnosed type I diabetics (49 male, 59 female, mean age 20 [1-38] years) and 103 non-diabetic controls (41 male, 62 female, mean age 23 [16-46] years). IAA titres in the controls were normally distributed, with a mean of 5 +/- 11 nU/ml. The upper limit of normal was established as 49 nU/ml (mean + 4 standard deviations)....
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Autoantibodies
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Female
- HLA-DR4 Antigen
- Humans
- Infant
