Heterogeneity of Type I diabetes: Analysis of monozygotic twins in Great Britain and the United States

Diabetologia

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 354-362

  Redondo, M J ^a   Yu, L ^a   Hawa, M ^a   Mackenzie, T ^a   Pyke, D A ^a   Eisenbarth, G S ^a   Leslie, R D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Genetics; HLA; Progression; Survival analysis; Truncated data; Twin study; Type I diabetes

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TIME FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035076548     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051626     Document Type: Article

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