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The Raikas - a unique combination of high prevalence of type 1 diabetes susceptibility genes and near zero incidence of the disease.
Human immunology - 1 Dec 2014
Bhat Deepali K, Kanga Uma, Kumar Neeraj, Agrawal R P, Mourya Manish, Kalaivani Mani, Kaur Tanvir, Mehra Narinder K
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The Raikas, a camel rearing tribal group living in the Thar desert of Rajasthan has been reported with a very low incidence of diabetes. We analysed the frequency distribution of HLA alleles in this community and compared the same with the non-Raika group living in the same geographic location an...
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