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Risk factors and primary prevention trials for type 1 diabetes.
International journal of biological sciences - 1 Jan 2013
Wu Yan-Ling, Ding Yan-Ping, Gao Jian, Tanaka Yoshimasa, Zhang Wen
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic autoimmune disease resulting in the designated immune destruction of insulin producing β-cells, usually diagnosed in youth, and associated with important psychological, familial, and social disorders. Once diagnosed, patients need lifelong insulin treatment and will experience multiple disease-associated complications. There is no cure for T1DM currently. The last...
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