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Immunogenetics of HLA class II in Israeli Ashkenazi Jewish, Israeli non-Ashkenazi Jewish, and in Israeli Arab IDDM patients.
Human immunology - 1 Jan 2001
Kwon O J, Brautbar C, Weintrob N, Sprecher E, Saphirman C, Bloch K, Pinhas-Hamiel O, Assah S, Vardi P, Israel S
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of HLA class II alleles and genotypes in IDDM patients was examined in the three main Israeli ethnic groups: Ashkenazi Jews, non-Ashkenazi Jews, and Arabs. Molecular sequence specific oligonucleotide probe analysis was performed for DRB1, DQA1, and DQB1 genes. The DRB1*03011, DQA1*05 DQB1*02/DRB1*0402, DQA1*03, DQB1*0302 genotype was found to be the main susceptibility genotype in all three...
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