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Family-based association of HLA class II alleles and haplotypes with type I diabetes in Brazilians reveals some characteristics of a highly diversified population.
Human immunology - 1 Nov 2001
Volpini W M, Testa G V, Marques S B, Alves L I, Silva M E, Dib S A, Guerra G, Paulino M F, Marini S H, Persoli L B, Caillat-Zucman S
Abstract excerpt
The association of HLA class II haplotypes with type I diabetes was analyzed in 56 Southeastern Brazilian families using affected family-based controls (AFBAC) method. DRB1-DQA1-DQB1 alleles were determined by polymerase chain reaction/sequence-specific primer genotyping. This study first revealed the great haplotype diversity of Brazilians (65 different haplotypes even with incomplete DRB1 subtyping), probably...
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