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The rising incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes and reduced contribution of high-risk HLA haplotypes.
Lancet (London, England) - 1 Jan 2000
Gillespie Kathleen M, Bain Steven C, Barnett Anthony H, Bingley Polly J, Christie Michael R, Gill Geoffrey V, Gale Edwin A M
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes has risen over the past 50 years. We compared the frequency of HLA class II haplotypes in 194 patients diagnosed more than 50 years ago and 582 age-matched and sex-matched individuals diagnosed between 1985 and 2002. The proportion of high-risk susceptib...
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