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Patients with early onset of type 1 diabetes have significantly higher GG genotype at position 49 of the CTLA4 gene.
Human immunology - 1 Jul 2004
Zalloua Pierre A, Abchee Antoine, Shbaklo Hadia, Zreik Tony G, Terwedow Henry, Halaby Georges, Azar Sami T
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a complex autoimmune disease. Several genetic loci have been implicated in the susceptibility to this illness. Evaluated was the role of the CTLA4 exon 1 A49G polymorphism and its role as a risk factor for T1D in our population. DNA from 190 patients with T1D and their families and 96 control individuals were genotyped for CTLA4 exon 1 polymorphism and human leukocyte antigen...
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