Article
Genetics of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in children.
Pediatrician - 1 Jan 2000
Ludvigsson J
Abstract excerpt
Insulin-dependent diabetes in children is a heritable disease, although it does not fit into any simple genetic model. Research is not facilitated by the lack of knowledge of the different etiological mechanisms and the inability to classify the disease. Human leucocyte antigens (HLAs) coded for in the major histocompatibility complex on the 6th chromosome have given the most important insights into the genetics...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Child
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
