Type 1 diabetes results from autoimmune destruction of the beta cells. Eighty-five to 90% of type 1 diabetics have:
1. Autoantibodies to two tyrosine phosphatases
2. Mutation of the hepatic transcription factor on chromosome 12
3. A defective glucokinase molecule due to a defective gene on chromosome 7p
4. Mutation of the insulin promoter factor
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