Similarity of HLA-DQ profiles in adult-onset type 1 insulin-dependent diabetic patients with and without extra-pancreatic auto-immune disease.

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Similarity of HLA-DQ profiles in adult-onset type 1 insulin-dependent diabetic patients with and without extra-pancreatic auto-immune disease.

Diabete & metabolisme - 1 Jan 2000

Gu X F, Larger E, Clauser E, Assan R

Abstract excerpt

Some insulin-dependent diabetic patients present with auto-immune diseases involving extra pancreatic tissues (type 1b diabetes mellitus). The genetic specificity of this syndrome, as opposed to insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) free of such associations (Type 1a IDDM) is not clearly est...

Topics

Adult
Alleles
Autoimmune Diseases
Base Sequence
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
HLA-DQ Antigens
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic

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