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Islet autoantibodies are associated with HLA-DQ genotypes in Han Chinese patients with type 1 diabetes and their relatives.
Tissue antigens - 1 Nov 2007
Wang J-P, Zhou Z-G, Lin J, Huang G, Zhang C, Yang L, Yuan Y, Zhou H-F, Zhou M, Hou C, Zhou W-D, Peng H, Hagopian W A
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between islet autoantibodies of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA), islet antigen-2A (IA-2A), insulin autoantibody (IAA), and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ genotypes in type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients and their first-degree relatives (FDRs). Cross-sectional and case-control study. Four hundred and ninety-five T1D patients, 419 FDRs, and 376 control...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Asian People
- Autoantibodies
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- China
- Cross-Sectional Studies
