Cow milk feeding induces antibodies to insulin in children - A link between cow milk and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus?

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-135

  Vaarala, O ^a,b   Paronen, J ^a,b   Otonkoski, T ^b,c   Akerblom H K ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; BOVINE INSULIN; CASEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MILK; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CATTLE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; MILK;

EID: 0031914003     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1998.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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