Avidity of islet cell autoantibodies in non-diabetic children and children with insulin-dependent diabetes

Autoimmunity

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-193

  Rulli, Maris ^a   Simell, Olli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Avidity; Europium chelate; Insulin dependent diabetes; Islet cell autoantibodies; Time resolved fluorescence imaging

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PANCREAS ISLET CELL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHILD; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0033511438     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916939908994063     Document Type: Article

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