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HLA-DQ and DRB1 polymorphism and susceptibility to type 1 diabetes in Jamaica.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Feb 2002
Heward J M, Mijovic C H, Kelly M A, Morrison E, Barnett A H
Abstract excerpt
Genetic susceptibility to type 1 diabetes is determined by a combination of HLA-DQ and DRB1 alleles. In the present study, HLA associations with type 1 diabetes were investigated in the Jamaican population. DRB1 and DQ genotyping was performed on 45 type 1 diabetic patients and 132 control subjects born and resident in Jamaica. The small number of patients available for study reflected the low prevalence of type...
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