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Thyroiditis in the BB rat is associated with lymphopenia but occurs independently of diabetes.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Aug 1995
Pettersson A, Wilson D, Daniels T, Tobin S, Jacob H J, Lander E S, Lernmark A
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The spontaneously diabetic BB rat is an excellent and well studied model for human insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM), sharing many important features with the human disease. Similarities include an equal frequency of IDDM in males and females, production of antibodies against pancreatic cell antigens, and an MHC disease association. In addition, the BB rat shares with human IDDM patients an increased frequency of...
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