Simultaneous onset and similar course of type 1 diabetes mellitus in monozygotic twins (a 4-year follow-up)

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 557-559

  Blasetti, Annalisa ^a   Chiuri, Rosa Maria ^a   Tocco, Anna Maria ^a   Di Sabatino, Giovanna ^a   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a   Verrotti, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; HLA genes; Monozygotic twins; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INSULIN ZINC SUSPENSION;

APHASIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TWIN CONCORDANCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; ONSET AGE;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84865658918     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2011.376     Document Type: Article

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