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Journal of Immunology Research
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 1858202, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1858202
Research Article

Immunological Aspects of Fulminant Type 1 Diabetes in Chinese

Zhen Wang,1 Ying Zheng,2 Yiting Tu,1 Zhijie Dai,1 Jian Lin,1 and Zhiguang Zhou1

1Diabetes Center, 2nd Xiangya Hospital and Institute of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology, Ministry of Education, Central South University, 139 Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China
2The Center for Medical Research, 2nd Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 139 Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China

Received 14 July 2015; Revised 15 January 2016; Accepted 18 January 2016

Academic Editor: Kurt Blaser

Copyright © 2016 Zhen Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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