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Clinical and genetic characteristics of patients with autoimmune thyroid disease with anti-islet autoimmunity.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Jun 2011
Moriguchi Masanori, Noso Sinsuke, Kawabata Yumiko, Yamauchi Takaaki, Harada Takeshi, Komaki Katsumori, Babaya Naru, Hiromine Yoshihisa, Ito Hiroyuki, Yamagata Satomi, Murata Kaori, Higashimoto Takahiro, Park Choongyong, Yamamoto Akinobu, Ohno Yasuhiro, Ikegami Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
In contrast to the large number of studies on autoimmunity against the thyroid gland in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, little is known about the anti-islet autoimmune status in patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs). We therefore studied the anti-islet autoimmune status in patients with AITD and the clinical and genetic characteristics of AITD patients with anti-islet autoimmunity. The...
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