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Clinical and research uses of genetic risk scores in type 1 diabetes.
Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Jun 2018
Sharp Seth A, Weedon Michael N, Hagopian William A, Oram Richard A
Abstract excerpt
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic disease of high blood glucose caused by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells eventually resulting in severe insulin deficiency. T1D has a significant heritable risk. Genetic associations found are particularly strong in the HLA class II region but T1D is a polygenic disease associated with over 60 loci across the genome. Polygenic risk scores are one method of summing...
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