Concordance for islet autoimmunity among monozygotic twins

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 2849-2850

  Redondo, Maria J ^a   Jeffrey, Joy ^a   Fain, Pamela R ^a   Eisenbarth, George S ^a   Orban, Tihamer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

^b JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65 ANTIBODY;

AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 58149096363     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0805398     Document Type: Letter

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