Autoantibodies and high-risk HLA susceptibility markers in first-degree relatives of Brazilian patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a progression to disease based study.

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PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to determine the frequencies of autoantibodies to heterogeneous islet-cell cytoplasmic antigens (ICA), glutamic acid decarboxylase(65) (GAD(65)A), insulinoma-associated antigen-2 (IA-2A) and insulin (IAA)-and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II markers (HLA-DR and -DQ) in first degree relatives of heterogeneous Brazilian patients with type I diabetes (T1DM). A major...

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