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Analysis of HLA-DQA1 and -DQB1 genes in Mexican Americans with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Tissue antigens - 1 Aug 1993
Sanjeevi C B, Zeidler A, Shaw S, Rotter J, Nepom G T, Costin G, Raffel L, Eastman S, Kockum I, Wassmuth R
Abstract excerpt
Mexican American patients (n = 35) with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and control subjects (n = 39) were HLA-DQA and DQB typed by the polymerase chain reaction technique combined with allele-specific oligonucleotide probes. Either DQB1*0302 or DQB1*0201 was present among 91% (32/35) of the patients compared to 67% (26/39) of controls. Either DQA1*0501 or DQA1*0301 was present in all patients (100% or...
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