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Trends in high-risk HLA susceptibility genes among Colorado youth with type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes care - 1 Jul 2008
Vehik Kendra, Hamman Richard F, Lezotte Dennis, Norris Jill M, Klingensmith Georgeanna J, Rewers Marian, Dabelea Dana
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Type 1 diabetes is associated with a wide spectrum of susceptibility and protective genotypes within the HLA class II system. It has been reported that adults diagnosed with youth-onset type 1 diabetes more recently have been found to have fewer classical high-risk HLA class II genotypes than those diagnosed several decades ago. We hypothesized that such temporal trends in the distribution of HLA-DR,...
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