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Investigation of enterovirus infections, autoimmune factors and HLA genotypes in patients with T1DM.
Minerva endocrinologica - 1 Mar 2014
Çekin Y, Özkaya E, Gülkesen H, Akçurin S, Çolak D
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AIM: Besides of genetic and autoimmun factors, role of viral infections have been investigated in pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The aim of this study was to determine enterovirus (EV) infections, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) antibody positivity and HLA genotype distribution in T1DM patients with respect to corresponding healthy subjects. This is the first study in Turkey designed to...
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