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The HLA-E locus is associated with age at onset and susceptibility to type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Human immunology - 1 Mar 2000
Hodgkinson A D, Millward B A, Demaine A G
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have suggested that the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I region may be involved in determining the age at onset and clinical severity of type 1 diabetes. We have investigated the frequency of polymorphisms of the nonclassical HLA class I gene, HLA-E, in 199 British Caucasian patients with type 1 diabetes and 82 healthy controls. A highly significant increase in the frequency of the HLA-E...
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