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Isotypes of anti-islet autoantibodies.
151 I n this issue of Diabetes Care, Hawa et al. (1) conclude that " the pathogenesis of antigen-specific antibodies in type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes is similar and p robably involves a chronic nonrandom antigen-driven polyclonal B-cell activation that is consistent with a Th1-type immune response. " The data presented also indicate that what are now standard anti-islet autoantibody assay...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: AIDS
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0269-9370
DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328360eac6