Sardinian Type 1 diabetes patients, Transthyretin and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection

Gut Pathogens

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Masala, Speranza ^a   Cossu, Davide ^a   Pacifico, Adolfo ^a   Molicotti, Paola ^a   Sechi, Leonardo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; Sardinia; Transthyretin; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872317032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17574749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-4749-4-24     Document Type: Article

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