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HLA-DQB1 alleles and absence of Asp 57 as susceptibility factors of IDDM in Finland.
Diabetes - 1 Dec 1991
Reijonen H, Ilonen J, Knip M, Akerblom H K
Abstract excerpt
It has been proposed that negatively charged aspartic acid at position 57 of the HLA-DQ beta-chain determines resistance to development of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), whereas genetic susceptibility to IDDM correlates with a neutral amino acid residue. The disease rate is very low in Oriental populations with high frequencies of Asp 57. This raises a question whether the high incidence of IDDM in...
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