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Absolute risk of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes defined by human leukocyte antigen class II genotype: a population-based study in the United Kingdom.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Aug 2004
Lambert A Paul, Gillespie Kathleen M, Thomson Glenys, Cordell Heather J, Todd John A, Gale Edwin A M, Bingley Polly J
Abstract excerpt
The autoimmune disease process leading to childhood-onset type 1 diabetes appears to start in infancy, and decisions on treatment to prevent initiation of autoimmunity will need to be based on genetic susceptibility alone. We set out to quantify the absolute risk associated with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DRB1-DQA1-DQB1 class II genotypes and to develop strategies for recruitment into primary prevention...
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