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The A3 allele of the HLA-DQA1 locus is associated with susceptibility to type 1 diabetes in Japanese.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Feb 1990
Todd J A, Fukui Y, Kitagawa T, Sasazuki T
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Analysis of the frequencies of class II HLA-DR and HLA-DQ alleles by serological and DNA typing in 49 Japanese patients with type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes and 31 Japanese controls indicates the following. (i) Susceptibility is more strongly associated with the HLA-DQ subregion than with the HLA-DR subregion. (ii) Of the class II alleles detected, the A3 allele of the DQA1 locus was the most strongly...
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