Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, October 2nd, 2006
Study 1: Autoantibodies to insulin and GAD65 are more common at diagnosis in children in areas with a high incidence of type 1 diabetes.
According to a study from Sweden, "We compared the prevalence of beta-cell autoantibodies and genetic risk factors in Sweden and Lithuania. Ninety-six patients from Sweden and 96 from Lithuania matched for age and gender (1-15 years old, median age 9.0 years) were included. We analyzed autoantibodies to insulin (IAA), glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA) and the protein tyrosine phosphatase like IA-2 (IA-2A) as well...
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