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The type 1 diabetes protective HLA DQB1*0602 allele is less frequent in gestational diabetes mellitus.
Diabetologia - 1 Jul 2009
Papadopoulou A, Lynch K F, Shaat N, Nilsson A, Lernmark B, Berntorp K, Ivarsson S-A, Agardh C-D, Lernmark A
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: We tested whether gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with HLA-DQ genotypes. METHODS: A total of 764 mothers with non-autoimmune (GAD65, insulinoma-associated protein 2 [IA-2] and insulin autoantibody-negative) GDM were ascertained between September 2000 and August...
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