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DR15-DQ6 remains dominantly protective against type 1 diabetes throughout the first five decades of life.
Diabetologia - 1 Oct 2021
Thomas Nicholas J, Dennis John M, Sharp Seth A, Kaur Akaal, Misra Shivani, Walkey Helen C, Johnston Desmond G, Oliver Nick S, Hagopian William A, Weedon Michael N, Patel Kashyap A, Oram Richard A
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Among white European children developing type 1 diabetes, the otherwise common HLA haplotype DR15-DQ6 is rare, and highly protective. Adult-onset type 1 diabetes is now known to represent more overall cases than childhood onset, but it is not known whether DR15-DQ6 is protective in older-adult-onset type 1 diabetes. We sought to quantify DR15-DQ6 protection against type 1 diabetes as age of onset...
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