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A quarter of patients with type 1 diabetes have co-existing non-islet autoimmunity: the findings of a UK population-based family study.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jun 2018
Kozhakhmetova A, Wyatt R C, Caygill C, Williams C, Long A E, Chandler K, Aitken R J, Wenzlau J M, Davidson H W, Gillespie K M, Williams A J K
Abstract excerpt
Individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are at increased risk of coeliac disease (CD), autoimmune thyroiditis and autoimmune gastritis, but the absolute risks are unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of autoantibodies to tissue transglutaminase (TGA), thyroid peroxidase (TPOA) and gastric H+ /K+ -ATPase (ATPA) and their genetic associations in a well-characterized population-based...
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