A piece of nucleic acid surrounded by controversy: Coxsackievirus and the causes of Type 1 diabetes

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 503-506

  Gale, E A M ^a   Atkinson, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; NUCLEIC ACID;

B LYMPHOCYTE; COXSACKIE VIRUS; COXSACKIE VIRUS B4; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MUMPS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

AUTOIMMUNITY; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942519183     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01181.x     Document Type: Editorial

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