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A study of three polymorphic sites of the ADA gene in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Mar 2010
Saccucci P, Meloni G F, Verrotti A, Borgiani P, D'Annibale F, Giannini C, Lucarelli P, Bottini N, Chiarelli F, Bottini E, Gloria-Bottini F
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BACKGROUND: Adenosine deaminase is a polymorphic enzyme that has an important role in immune functions and in the regulation of intracellular and extracellular concentrations of adenosine and adenosine receptor activity. AIM: To search for possible association of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) with three loci haplotypes (ADA1, ADA2, ADA6) of the adenosine deaminase gene. PATIENTS: One hundred and eighty-nine...
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