Erschienen in:
01.06.2003 | Observation
Multiple autoantibodies as predictors of Type 1 diabetes in a general population
verfasst von:
N. K. Maclaren, M. S. Lan, D. Schatz, J. Malone, Dr. A. L. Notkins, J. Krischer
Erschienen in:
Diabetologia
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Ausgabe 6/2003
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Autoantibodies have been widely used to predict the development of Type 1 diabetes [
1]. Most studies have been carried out on first-degree relatives of Type 1 diabetic patients [
2,
3,
4] who are at a 10 to 15-fold higher risk of developing the disease than people in the general population. However, approximately 85% of all patients who develop Type 1 diabetes do not have an affected family member. …