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A Prospective Study of the Development of Diabetes in Relatives of Patients with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
25 Oct 1990
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BACKGROUND: The presence of cytoplasmic islet-cell autoantibodies has been recognized as a risk factor for the development of diabetes mellitus in relatives of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), but the magnitude of the risk is unknown, as is the influence of other factors, such as age, sex, and race. METHODS: From 1979 through 1989, we studied 4015 initially nondiabetic relatives of 1590...
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