Reanalysis of twin studies suggests that diabetes is mainly genetic [2]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 323, Issue 7319, 2001, Pages 997-998

  Gale, E A M ^a   Bingley, P J ^a   Eisenbarth, G S ^a   Redondo, M J ^a   Kyvik, K O ^a   Petersen, J S ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IA ANTIBODY; PANCREAS ISLET CELL ANTIBODY;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; TWIN STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035960269     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Population based study of prevalence of islet cell autoantibodies in monozygotic and dizygotic Danish twin pairs with insulin-dependent diabetes
2. Genetic determination of islet cell autoimmunity in monozygotic twin, dizygotic twin and non-twin siblings of patients with type 1 diabetes: Prospective twin study
3. Early expression of antiinsulin autoantibodies of humans and the NOD mouse: Evidence for early determination of subsequent diabetes
4. Optimized autoantibody-based risk assessment in family members. Implication for future intervention trials