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HLA-DRB1 alleles contribute to determining the prognosis of Japanese diabetes mellitus positive for antibodies to glutamate decarboxylase.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Jan 1998
Fukui M, Nakano K, Nakamura N, Maruya E, Saji H, Obayashi H, Ohta K, Ohta M, Mori H, Kajiyama S, Wada S, Kida Y, Kosaka K, Deguchi M, Shigeta H, Kitagawa Y, Kondo M
Abstract excerpt
Diabetes mellitus positive for antibodies to glutamate decarboxylase is heterogeneous as far as the degree of impairment of endogenous insulin release, though antibodies to glutamate decarboxylase are the most useful marker for future insulin deficiency. To investigate what determines the prognosis of diabetes mellitus positive for antibodies to glutamate decarboxylase, we measured HLA-DRB1 alleles in three...
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