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Thyroid autoimmunity in relation to islet autoantibodies and HLA-DQ genotype in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents.
Diabetologia - 1 Aug 2013
Jonsdottir B, Andersson C, Carlsson A, Delli A, Forsander G, Ludvigsson J, Marcus C, Samuelsson U, Ortqvist E, Lernmark A, Ivarsson S-A, Larsson H Elding
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The aim of this work was to investigate, in children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes: (1) the prevalence of autoantibodies against thyroid peroxidase (TPOAb) and thyroglobulin (TGAb); and (2) the association between TPOAb, TGAb or both, with either islet autoantibodies or HLA-DQ genes. METHODS: Blood samples from 2,433 children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes were analysed for TPOAb and...
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