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IL-12p40 is associated with type 1 diabetes in Caucasian-American families.
Diabetes - 1 Jul 2002
Davoodi-Semiromi Abdoreza, Yang James J, She Jin-Xiong
Abstract excerpt
The IL-12p40 locus has recently been shown to be associated with type 1 diabetes (1). Here, we report the identification of novel microsatellite and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the IL-12p40 gene and a significant association between a (ATT)n repeat marker and type 1 diabetes in 364 U.S. Caucasian sib-pair families (P < 0.006). Haplotype analysis using the (ATT)n repeat (D5S2941) and the C1159A...
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