ISSN:
1432-1076
Keywords:
Juvenile diabetes mellitus
;
Child
;
Pre-diabetic state
;
Autoantibodies
;
Histocompatibility antigens
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract In three children (patients 1, 2 and 3) insulindependency was predicted 28, 32 and 4 months, respectively before the disease became clinically manifest, by the finding of islet cell antibodies at that time. These retrospective findings support the evidence for a long pre-diabetic phase in childhood diabetes, marked by the presence of islet cell antibodies, as well as the linkage of HLA-antigens to the susceptibility to this disease. The possibility of detecting pre-diabetic states in children before the endogenous insulin secretion decreases to the point of producing clinical symptoms support efforts by basic scientists to develop techniques for immunological intervention early in the course of the disease.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00442131
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