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Influence of age on the associations among insulin autoantibodies, islet cell antibodies, and HLA DAQ1*0301-DQB1*0302 in siblings of patients with type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. Belgian Diabetes Registry.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 May 1994
Gorus F K, Vandewalle C L, Dorchy H, Van Crombrugge P, Schuit F C, Pipeleers D G
Abstract excerpt
In recent-onset type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus (IDDM), insulin autoantibodies (IAA) and islet cell antibodies (ICA) occur preferentially in young (< 10 yr) patients with the HLA DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302 risk haplotype. We investigated whether this association also exists in siblings of IDDM patients. In our group of 310 siblings, aged 0-39 yr, 6% were positive for IAA, 7% for ICA 12 Juvenile Diabetes...
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