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Influence of gender and age at onset on the HLA associations in Chinese with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Human immunology - 1 Nov 1995
Chan S H, Thai A C, Lin Y N, Liu K F, Wee G B
Abstract excerpt
IDDM in Singaporean Chinese was associated with HLA B58, DRB1*0301, DQB1*0201, and joint occurrences of DRB1*0301/*0901 and DRB1*0301/*04. Of the DR4s the frequencies of DRB1*0401, *0404, and *0405 were higher and *0406 was lower in patients compared to controls. DRB1*0301/*0901 was observed mainly in female patients and the frequency showed an inverse relationship with age at onset, whereas DRB1*0301/*04 was...
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