Article
HLA-DRB1*04 and susceptibility to type 1 diabetes mellitus in a German/Belgian family and German case-control study. The Belgian Diabetes Registry.
Tissue antigens - 1 Mar 2000
Donner H, Seidl C, Van der Auwera B, Braun J, Siegmund T, Herwig J, Weets I, Usadel K H, Badenhoop K
Abstract excerpt
HLA-DR4 is a primary disease association marker in type 1 diabetes mellitus (IDDM). We therefore analyzed the transmission of 228 DR4+ haplotypes in 183 families with an IDDM proband (95 from Germany and 88 from Belgium). In a separate case-control data set, we investigated the HLA-DRB1*04 and DQ allele distribution in 245 IDDM patients and 177 controls from Germany, all DR4 positive. HLA-DRB1 *0401 and *0402...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Belgium
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Germany
