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A new HLA-DR2 extended haplotype is involved in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus susceptibility.
Human immunology - 1 Jul 1991
Carcassi C, Trucco G, Trucco M, Contu L
Abstract excerpt
To ascertain why HLA-DR2 seems to confer only a moderate resistance to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in the high-incidence population of Sardinia, Italy, 32 families having one individual affected with IDDM (the proband) and 31 families without IDDM history were randomly selected from the same geographical area and serologically and molecularly HLA typed. The 64 haplotypes of the probands were then...
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