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study of phenotypic characteristic and HLA types in egyptian NIDDM patients with and without glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies under different modalities of treatment

sci.med. j., escme • 2000
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معلومات البحث
المؤلفون mohamed Shawky,AhmedSalehandMahaYoussef*.
الكلمات المفتاحية Not Available
المجلة العلمية sci.med. j., escme
الناشر Not Available
المجلد 12, no. 3, july., 2000
العدد Not Available
الصفحات Not Available
publication.type International
رابط البحث Not Available
المواد المرفقة Not Available
الملخص
ABSTRACT
.» t.it work was designed to studytheprevalenceofglutamicacid
antibodies (GADab) in representatives ofEgyptianNIDDMpatients

' thephenotypiccharacteristicsandHLAtypesofthissubgroup.
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I dnon—insulintreatedtype2 diabeticpatients(GroupI),50insulin
‘ Jabeticpatients(GroupII)and50healthyvolunteersservingascontrols
constitutedthe subjectsofourstudy.Theageofpatientsrangedbetween
a otype wasassessedbypatient'sage,ageofonsetofdiabetes,bodymass
, plasma glucose, percentage hemoglobin AIc (Hb A1c), serum
serumtriglycerides andserumC-peptidelevel. GADabwasmeasured
method.ClassIHLA(I-ILA-AandB)andclassIIHLA(HLA-DR)types
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4 usingcytotoxicitytest.
’ prevalence ofGADabwas20%amonggroup1patients,60%amonggroup
_ . and4%amongcontrols. TheGADabpositiv'epatientsweresignificantly
andexperienceddiabetes onsetatanearlieragecomparedwithGADab
patients. The GADab positive patients had lowerfastingC—peptide
'on in comparisonwith GADabnegativepatients.Withrespecttofeatures
a 'c syndrome, theGADabpositivepatients hadlowerBMI,lowerserum

. 1‘ lowerserumtriglycerides, higherplasmaglucoseandhigherHbA[c
-» with GADabnegative patients.ComparedwithGADabnegativepatients
ols, groupIIpatientshadanincreasedfrequencyofHLADR3andDR4
HerewerenodtflerencesbetweenNIDDMandnormalcontrolsinthefrequency
particularHLAantigen exceptforanincreasedfrequencyofHLAB18inboth
« Iand11patientsandincreasedfrequencyofHLADR?/DR4ingroup11patients.
Uteseresultssuggestthattype2diabetesisaheterogeneousdisorderincludingat
t 2majorsubgroupscharacterizedbyGADabandHLDR3/DR4types.