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Type 1 diabetes in Jewish Ethiopian immigrants in Israel: HLA class II immunogenetics and contribution of new environment.
Human immunology - 1 Dec 2004
Zung A, Elizur M, Weintrob N, Bistritzer T, Hanukoglu A, Zadik Z, Phillip M, Miller K, Koren I, Brautbar C, Israel S
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The interrelationship between human leukocyte antigen immunogenetics and environmental factors and their contribution to the emergence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) were studied in Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia in Israel. This community displays high incidence of T1D, and is unique both by its ethnic segregation and its rapid exposure to a new environment after the immigration. The study population consisted of 152...
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