TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY-TURK BIYOKIMYA DERGISI, cilt.38, sa.4, ss.432-437, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)
Aim: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease, and autoimmunity related prothrombotic factors might contribute to the hypercoagulable state seen in T1DM. The aim of this study is to investigate the presence of anti-prothrombin (aPT) antibodies as a prothrombotic risk factor in patients with T1DM.