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Tagged with autoimmune diabetes-mellitus
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Why doesn't the immune system ever destroy the glucagon-producing alpha cells in the pancreas? Why only insulin-making beta cells?
Our pancreas does multiple thing, yet I only ever hear of the beta cells in the Islets of Langerhans being annihilated.
Why is this?
Hmmmm.....
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T1D autoimmunity causes' possibilities
As far as I've learned about T1D, the prevalence of the disease and autoimmune disorders in general over the past 5 decades intrigued me to the point it made me wonder if it's really a genetic ...
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Can stress-induced cortisol reduce diabetes type I?
Let us consider a patient with type 1 diabetes.
I think it would be safe to say that diabetes is an autoimmune disease. Now let us suppose this patient comes under stress. As far as I know, cortisol ...
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When was it determined that Type 1 Diabetes is an autoimmune disease?
I just found out today that type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. When was this discovered?
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