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Type 1 diabetes as an autoimmune disease: the evidence

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Funding was provided in part by a research grant from the European Union’s 3rd Framework for Regional Development in Greece (EPEAEK II scheme, Program Archimedes) to GKP (75% EU funds, 25% Hellenic state funds), and a small grant to AT and GKP from the Hellenic Endocrine Society.

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  1. Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Stavroula A. Paschou

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, G. Hatzicosta General Hospital, Ioannina, Greece

    Asimina Petsiou

  3. Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    Katerina Chatzigianni

  4. Department of Endocrinology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    Agathocles Tsatsoulis

  5. Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Epirus Institute of Technology, GR47100, Arta, Greece

    George K. Papadopoulos

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Paschou, S.A., Petsiou, A., Chatzigianni, K. et al. Type 1 diabetes as an autoimmune disease: the evidence. Diabetologia 57, 1500–1501 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-014-3229-5

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