Mechanisms of autoimmunity in type I diabetes
โ Scribed by Denise Faustman
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 889 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-9142
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Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus is a T-cell mediated autoimmune disease. Several &cell antigens, mostly non-tissue-specific, have been implicated in the disease process. The antigens and the autoimmune T cells exist in healthy individuals, as do many of the genes required for the development of