Article
Relative contribution of HLA-DQA and -DQB alleles to predisposition to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Human immunology - 1 Jun 1992
Giphart M J, Roep B O, Drabbels J, D'Amaro J, Bruining G J, Abdulkadir J, Verduyn W
Abstract excerpt
The presence of DQA and DQB alleles conferring protection or susceptibility was assessed in a panel of 39 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients and 39 healthy control subjects from the central highland of Ethiopia. The results were grouped into three entities: a combination of alleles conferring susceptibility, a group conferring protection, and a group without any apparent HLA-DQ or -DR predisposition to...
Topics
- Alleles
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Black People
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Disease Susceptibility
- Ethiopia
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
