Unique Epitopes of Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Autoantibodies in Slowly Progressive Type 1 Diabetes
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Relationship between the prevalence of anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies and duration of type 1 diabetes mellitus in Brazilian patients.
The objective of the present study was to determine whether the duration of disease has any influence on the prevalence of glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies (GADA) in Brazilian patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and variable disease duration. We evaluated 83 patients with T1D. All participants were interviewed and blood was obtained for GADA measurement by a commercial radioimmunoassa...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0021-972X,1945-7197
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021529