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Association between type 1 diabetes age of onset and HLA among sibling pairs.
Diabetes - 1 Aug 1999
Valdes A M, Thomson G, Erlich H A, Noble J A
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we report type 1 diabetes age-of-onset association with HLA class II (DRB1, DQB1, and DPB1) and class I (A) genes in 222 multiplex families from the Human Biological Data Interchange. Linear regression showed a small (R2 = 0.26) but significant correlation in the ages of onset among sib pairs. A strong association in age of onset between members of sib pairs was observed when the analysis was...
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