Article
Distribution of HLA-DRB1, -DQA1 and -DQB1 alleles and DQA1-DQB1 genotypes among Norwegian patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Tissue antigens - 1 Mar 1991
Rønningen K S, Spurkland A, Iwe T, Vartdal F, Thorsby E
Abstract excerpt
We have studied 87 unrelated Caucasian insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients and 181 healthy controls by oligotyping for 20 DRB1, eight DQA1 and 13 DQB1 alleles, and established their DR-DQ haplotypes and DQ genotypes. An increase of DRB1 alleles encoding DR4 was found among IDDM patients, but the distribution of DR4 subtypes did not differ among DR4-positive IDDM patients and controls. The...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Gene Frequency
- Genes, MHC Class II
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- HLA-DQ Antigens
