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Immunogenetic, clinical, and demographic characterization of childhood type I diabetes in New Zealand.
Diabetes care - 1 Nov 1995
Forbes L V, Scott R S, Brown L J, Darlow B A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between genetic susceptibility alleles and islet cell antibodies (ICAs) in type I diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQB1 alleles and ICA levels of all incident type I diabetic cases in patients < 20 years of age diagnosed in 1990 and 1991 in Canterbury, New Zealand, were determined. RESULTS: The mean annual incidence rate for type I...
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