Analysis of β-cell death in type 1 diabetes by droplet digital PCR

Endocrinology (United States)

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3694-3698

  Usmani Brown, Sahar ^a   Lebastchi, Jasmin ^b   Steck, Andrea K ^c   Beam, Craig ^d   Herold, Kevan C ^b   Ledizet, Michel ^a  

^a L2 Diagnostics LLC   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIGITAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIGENETICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CELL DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907059399     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1150     Document Type: Article

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