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Animal Models of Type I (Insulin-Dependent) Diabetes Mellitus
1 Jan 1998
Abstract excerpt
Much of our present knowledge concerning the etiopathogenesis, treatment and prevention of human diabetes would never have been acquired without the study of animal models of diabetes. The main models of IDDM may be divided into two groups: induced (through pancreatectomy, chemicals such as alloxan and streptozotocin, viruses and others) and spontaneous (mainly using BB rats and NOD mice). The latter, at...
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