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Detection of Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Associated Antigen-4 Gene Polymorphism in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.
The Egyptian journal of immunology - 1 Jan 2015
Arafa Roshdan M, Desouky Somaya M, Emam Sherin M, Abed Neveen Tawfik, Mohamed Sahar Y
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes is one of the most common chronic childhood illnesses. Interplay between genetic susceptibility and environmental factors is thought to provide the fundamental element for the disease. It has been shown that more than 40 genetic loci are associated with T1DM. Important one among these is the CTLA-4. This work aimed to detect Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) gene polymorphism in...
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