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HLA-DQ associations distinguish insulin-resistant and insulin-sensitive variants of NIDDM in black Americans.
Diabetes care - 1 Feb 1993
Banerji M A, Norin A J, Chaiken R L, Lebovitz H E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: NIDDM in black Americans exists as two variants: one with a primary defect in insulin action (insulin-resistant variant) and the other with normal insulin action and a primary defect in insulin secretion (insulin-sensitive variant). The objective of this study was to determine whether these two variants were genetically distinct from each other and from normal control subjects as determined by HLA...
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