Article
The low prevalence of immunogenetic markers in Korean adult-onset IDDM patients.
Diabetes care - 1 Mar 1996
Park Y, Lee H, Koh C S, Min H, Rowley M, Mackay I R, Zimmet P, McCarthy B, McCanlies E, Dorman J, Trucco M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: IDDM is an autoimmune disease that occurs among genetically susceptible individuals. In Asian populations, it is not uncommon for adult patients with NIDDM to eventually lose beta-cell function and develop IDDM. These individuals may be characterized by autoantibodies to GAD and high-r...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Autoantibodies
- Base Sequence
- Biomarkers
- DNA Primers
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Genetic Markers
- Glutamate Decarboxylase
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
- HLA-DQ beta-Chains
- Humans
- Korea
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Reference Values