Analysis of pancreas tissue in a child positive for islet cell antibodies

: Oikarinen M, Tauriainen S, Honkanen T, Vuori K, Karhunen P, Vasama-Nolvi C, Oikarinen S, Verbeke C, Blair GE, Rantala I, Ilonen J, Simell O, Knip M, Hyoty H

Publisher: SPRINGER

: 2008

: Diabetologia

: DIABETOLOGIA

: 51

: 10

: 1796

: 1802

: 7

: 0012-186X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-008-1107-8

Conclusions/interpretation These observations suggest that positivity for ICA alone, even when lasting for more than 1 year, is not associated with inflammatory changes in the islets. However, it is most likely that the pancreatic islets were infected by an enterovirus in this child.

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