Article
Ethnic differences in human leukocyte antigen markers of susceptibility to IDDM.
Diabetes care - 1 Feb 1994
Cruickshanks K J, Jobim L F, Lawler-Heavner J, Neville T G, Gay E C, Chase H P, Klingensmith G, Todd J A, Hamman R F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether genetic differences explain the lower risk of developing insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) for Hispanic versus non-Hispanic white children in Colorado. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Hispanic (n = 62) and non-Hispanic white (n = 82) subjects with IDDM identi...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Colorado
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Disease Susceptibility
- Ethnicity
- Female
- HLA-A Antigens
- HLA-B Antigens
- HLA-D Antigens
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
- HLA-DQ beta-Chains
- HLA-DR Antigens