## Abstract Type 1 insulinβdependent diabetes is due to destruction of the insulin secreting cells of the islets of Langerhans. The disease is caused by nonβgenetic, probably environmental, factors operating in a genetically susceptible host to initiate a destructive immune process. These unknown e
Renoprotection in diabetes: genetic and non-genetic risk factors and treatment
β Scribed by H.-H. Parving
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 312 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-186X
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