Genetics of diabetes. Genes and environment.

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Many other autoimmune and chronic diseases exhibit marked geographic variation in incidence, which has been attributed to environmental differences across populations (Hutt and Burkitt, 1986). The results of our international IDDM research have provided evidence for the importance of large genetic variations in the frequency of HLA susceptibility genes between racial groups and countries. One may speculate that...

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