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Genetic susceptibility factors of Type 1 diabetes in Asians.
Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews - 1 Jan 2000
Park Y, Eisenbarth G S
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes is a multifactorial disease in which the insulin producing beta-cells of the pancreas are destroyed by the immune system, a process determined by the activity of major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted T lymphocytes. Progress has been made in elucidating genetic factors involved in Type 1 diabetes in Caucasians, with less data available from Asia. For Asians, the human MHC locus (HLA...
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