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Clinical and genetic characteristics of type 2 diabetes with and without GAD antibodies.
Diabetes - 1 Jan 1999
Tuomi T, Carlsson A, Li H, Isomaa B, Miettinen A, Nilsson A, Nissén M, Ehrnström B O, Forsén B, Snickars B, Lahti K, Forsblom C, Saloranta C, Taskinen M R, Groop L C
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was 1) to establish the prevalence of GAD antibodies (GADab) in a population-based study of type 2 diabetes in western Finland, 2) to genetically and phenotypically characterize this subgroup, and 3) to provide a definition for latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA). The prevalence of GADab was 9.3% among 1,122 type 2 diabetic patients, 3.6% among 558 impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)...
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