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High frequency of the HLA-DRB1*0405-(Dw15)-DQw8 haplotype in Spaniards and its relationship to diabetes susceptibility.
Human immunology - 1 Nov 1991
Morales P, Martinez-Laso J, Martin-Villa J M, Corell A, Vicario J L, Varela P, Pérez-Aciego P, Arnaiz-Villena A
Abstract excerpt
A study of DR4 subtypes has been done in Spanish unrelated controls and insulin-dependent diabetics by using dot blot hybridization with specific DR4B1 exon-2 oligonucleotides and automated dideoxy DNA sequencing. Dw15-DQw8 is the predominant DR4 subtype present in our normal population (37%); this DR4 frequency characteristic singles out our population from all other Caucasoids tested so far and may also be a...
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