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The 6 year incidence of diabetes-associated autoantibodies in genetically at-risk children: the TEDDY study.
Diabetologia - 1 May 2015
Krischer Jeffrey P, Lynch Kristian F, Schatz Desmond A, Ilonen Jorma, Lernmark Åke, Hagopian William A, Rewers Marian J, She Jin-Xiong, Simell Olli G, Toppari Jorma, Ziegler Anette-G, Akolkar Beena, Bonifacio Ezio
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Islet autoantibodies, in addition to elevated blood glucose, define type 1 diabetes. These autoantibodies are detectable for a variable period of time before diabetes onset. Thus, the occurrence of islet autoantibodies is associated with the beginning of the disease process. The age at, and order in, which autoantibodies appear may be associated with different genetic backgrounds or environmental...
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