The clinical significance of an autoimmune response against glutamic acid decarboxylase.

Ellis, T M; Atkinson, M A · Nat Med · 1996

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Abstract

Glutamic acid decarboxylase is attracting much interest because of its putative involvement in two clinical disorders: stiffman syndrome and insulin-dependent diabetes. Here we discuss the clinical significance of an autoimmune response against GAD and consider how such information may help identify the disease mechanisms of these disorders.

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