Autoimmune markers in young Malaysian patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus

• Main Authors: Nazaimoon, W.M., Azmi, K.N., Rasat, R., Ismail, I.S., Singaraveloo, M., Mohamad, W.B., Letchuman, R., Sheriff, I.H., Faridah, I., Khalid, B.A.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/7230/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11200711
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

This study determined the prevalence and significance of autoantibodies to GAD65 (GAD Ab), insulin (IAA), tyrosine-like phosphatase (IA2) and islet-cell (ICA) in a group of 213 young Malaysian Type 1 diabetics, diagnosed before the age of 40 years. Venous blood was taken at fasting, and at 6 minutes...