We investigated the association of serum antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADab) with early start of insulin treatment (Յ 1 year from diagnosis, or Յ 2 years from diagnosis) using data from a representative sample of 374 adult-onset insulin-treated individuals from the Tasmanian Diabetes R
β-cell autoantibodies and genetic background associated with insulin dependence in adult-onset diabetes mellitus
✍ Scribed by SilvinaN. Valdez; AnaL. Villanueva; Anabel Villalba; RubenF. Iacono; MauricioP. Sica; AlejandroC. Cardoso; Maximiliano Wilda; C. Refi; Norberto Cedola; Gustavo Frechtel; Edgardo Poskus
- Book ID
- 117369852
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 214 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8227
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