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IDDM susceptibility associated with polymorphisms in the insulin gene region. A study of blacks, Caucasians and orientals.
Diabetologia - 1 Aug 1994
Undlien D E, Hamaguchi K, Kimura A, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Swai A B, McLarty D G, Tuomilehto J, Thorsby E, Rønningen K S
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have suggested an association between polymorphisms in the insulin gene region and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Most of the studies so far have been performed in Caucasoid populations. We have investigated 418 random IDDM patients and 422 healthy control subjects from three different ethnic groups; Tanzanian blacks, Norwegian Caucasians and Japanese orientals. Our data suggest that...
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