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HLA associated type 1 diabetes risk in children of Pakistani migrants to Norway.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Dec 2014
Rasmussen Trond, Yap Soen Eng, Stray-Pedersen Babill, Akselsen Hanne E, McKinney Patricia A, Rønningen Kjersti S
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from poorly defined interaction between susceptibility genes and environmental factors. The objective was to investigate Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) associated T1D risk among Pakistani newborns in Norway based on what published globally. DNA samples from 189 newborns, whose parents were first generation migrants from Pakistan, were analyzed. The hypothesis was tested using high...
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