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Winter, WE. Diabetes disease management: differentiating type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Clinical Laboratory News. 2005; 31(7):14-16.
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Autoimmune Disorders that Influence Carbohydrate Metabolism (Chapter 24) Winter, W.E. In: Clinical and Laboratory Evaluation of Human Autoimmune Diseases. Nakamura R.M., Keren, D.F., Bylund D.J. (eds): ASCP Press, Chicago, 2002, pp:345-372.
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Autoimmune Endocrinopathies, Winter, W.E.: In: Pediatric Endocrinology, Fourth Edition, F. Lifshitz (ed): Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, New York, 2003, pp 683- 720.
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Immunologic Disorders in Infants and Children (5th edition), Winter, W.E. and Signorino, M. R. Autoimmune Endocrinopathies. In: E.R. Stiehm (ed): W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004, 1179-1221.
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Dr. William Winter M.D. Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics, University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
