Type 1 diabetes in Africa: an immunogenetic study in the Amhara of North-West Ethiopia

Conclusions/interpretationThe majority of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes in rural North-West Ethiopia have the immunogenetic characteristics of autoimmune type 1 diabetes. Phenotypic differences between type 1 diabetes in rural North-West Ethiopia and the industrialised world remain unexplained.
Source: Diabetologia - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research