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Antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase in Australian children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and their first-degree relatives.
Pediatric research - 1 Dec 1993
Chen Q Y, Rowley M J, Byrne G C, Jones T W, Tuomi T, Knowles W J, Zimmet P Z, Mackay I R
Abstract excerpt
Antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), previously known as the 64-kD pancreatic islet cell autoantigen, are an important serologic marker of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Antibodies to GAD (anti-GAD) were examined in sera from Australian children with newly diagnosed IDDM (within 1 mo of diagnosis), IDDM of longer duration (mean +/- SD, 4.8 +/- 3.3 y), and in first-degree relatives, using...
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