Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , 2 January 2004

The relationship between immune-mediated Type 1 diabetes mellitus and ethnicity

Received 24 September 2002 ,Accepted 1 November 2002.

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Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , 2 January 2004