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Inverse relationship between GAD65 antibody levels and severe retinopathy in younger type 1 diabetic patients.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Apr 1998
Agardh D, Agardh E, Landin-Olsson M, Gaur L K, Agardh C D, Lernmark A
Abstract excerpt
Several risk factors for severe non-proliferative and proliferative retinopathy in type 1 diabetes mellitus have been proposed without explaining the rapid progression of retinopathy in some patients. Since GAD65 autoantibodies (GAD65Abs) are detected against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), which is mainly expressed in islets and nervous tissue in type 1 diabetic patients, the aim of the present investigation...
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