Abstract
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus developed in two patients with transient neonatal diabetes after more than 5 years without insulin therapy. The absence of islet cell antibodies and of the typical HLA types suggests that they may have a nonimmunologic form of diabetes.
MeSH terms
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Autoantibodies / analysis
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Child
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / epidemiology*
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / immunology
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Female
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HLA Antigens / genetics
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Insulin / therapeutic use
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Islets of Langerhans / immunology
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Recurrence
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Time Factors
Substances
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Autoantibodies
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HLA Antigens
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Insulin