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Type I insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: a model for autoimmune polygenic disorders.
Advances in dental research - 1 Apr 1996
Winter W E
Abstract excerpt
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDD) affects between one in 250 and one in 500 Americans. The inheritance of IDD is non-Mendelian and polygenic. Genetic susceptibility predominantly results from specific alleles in the HLA complex and insulin gene region. Autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells leads to profound insulinopenia (Atkinson and Maclaren, 1990). Without insulin treatment, fatal diabetic...
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