Pancreas organ weight in individuals with disease-associated autoantibodies at risk for type 1 diabetes

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2337-2339

  Campbell Thompson, Martha ^a   Wasserfall, Clive ^a   Montgomery, Emily L ^a   Atkinson, Mark A ^a   Kaddis, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BODY MASS; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; ORGAN WEIGHT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS EXAMINATION; PANCREAS WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 84870909023     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.15008     Document Type: Letter

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