Article
Human leukocyte antigen class II polymorphisms and genetic susceptibility of IDDM in Egyptian children.
Diabetes care - 1 Nov 1994
Gaber S A, Mazzola G, Berrino M, Canale L, Cornaglia M, Ghali I, Sergio Curtoni E, Amoroso A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in the Egyptian population for the first time and, thus, to determine the frequency of risk-associated alleles identified by a genomic HLA class II typing. Egyptians are genetically classified as North Africans and considered to be between Caucasoids and Africans (closer to Caucasoids)....
Topics
- Alleles
- Child
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Disease Susceptibility
- Egypt
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Haplotypes
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Humans
- Male