Primary prevention of beta-cell autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes – The Global Platform for the Prevention of Autoimmune Diabetes (GPPAD) perspectives

Objective: Type 1 diabetes can be identified by the presence of beta-cell autoantibodies that often arise in the first few years of life. The purpose of this perspective is to present the case for primary prevention of beta-cell autoimmunity and to provide a study design for its implementation in Eu...

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Main Authors: A.G. Ziegler, T. Danne, D.B. Dunger, R. Berner, R. Puff, W. Kiess, G. Agiostratidou, J.A. Todd, E. Bonifacio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Molecular Metabolism
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212877816000363