Assessing Age-Related Etiologic Heterogeneity in the Onset of Islet Autoimmunity

Type 1 diabetes (T1D), a chronic autoimmune disease, is often preceded by a preclinical phase of islet autoimmunity (IA) where the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas are destroyed and circulating autoantibodies can be detected. The goal of this study was to demonstrate methods for identif...

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Main Authors: Brittni N. Frederiksen, Miranda Kroehl, Anna Barón, Molly M. Lamb, Tessa L. Crume, Marci K. Sontag, Marian Rewers, Jill M. Norris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/708289