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Evidence of gene-gene interaction and age-at-diagnosis effects in type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Nov 2012
Howson Joanna M M, Cooper Jason D, Smyth Deborah J, Walker Neil M, Stevens Helen, She Jin-Xiong, Eisenbarth George S, Rewers Marian, Todd John A, Akolkar Beena, Concannon Patrick, Erlich Henry A, Julier Cécile, Morahan Grant, Nerup Jørn, Nierras Concepcion, Pociot Flemming, Rich Stephen S
Abstract excerpt
The common genetic loci that independently influence the risk of type 1 diabetes have largely been determined. Their interactions with age-at-diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, sex, or the major susceptibility locus, HLA class II, remain mostly unexplored. A large collection of more than 14,866 type 1 diabetes samples (6,750 British diabetic individuals and 8,116 affected family samples of European descent) were...
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