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Genetics of type 1 diabetes.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Feb 2011
Steck Andrea K, Rewers Marian J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Type 1 diabetes, a multifactorial disease with a strong genetic component, is caused by the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β cells. The major susceptibility locus maps to the HLA class II genes at 6p21, although more than 40 non-HLA susceptibility gene markers have been confirme...
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