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HLA-DPB1*0401 is associated with dominant protection against type 1 diabetes in the general Saudi population and in subjects with a high-risk DR/DQ haplotype.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Apr 2003
Al-Hussein K A, Rama N R, Ahmad M, Rozemuller E, Tilanus M G
Abstract excerpt
The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II DQB1*0201/0202-DRB1*04 genotype has been identified as predisposing to type 1 diabetes [insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)] in the Saudi Arabian population (P = 0.0002; odds ratio = 0.67; 95% confidence interval = 0.009-0.381). In this study, we searched for a factor at the DPB1 locus by analysing DPB1 polymorphism using sequence-based typing in 86 Saudi IDDM...
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