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Genetic susceptibility to type I diabetes: a review.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Apr 1990
Tait B D
Abstract excerpt
There is evidence that Type I diabetes is a genetically and environmentally determined disease. Among the genetic influences the HLA system appears to play a dominant role. HLA-DQ has been strongly implicated as the primary responsible locus by the recent discovery that position 57 in the polymorphic first domain of the DQB chain appears to be a critical residue in conferring susceptibility. DQB products which...
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