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Molecular epidemiology of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: WHO DiaMond Project. WHO DiaMond Molecular Epidemiology Sub-Project Group.
Gaceta medica de Mexico - 1 Jan 1997
Dorman J
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The WHO DiaMond Molecular IDDM Epidemiology Sub-Project is testing the hypothesis that population variation in the frequency of high-risk HLA-DQ alleles is a primary determinant of the global patterns of IDDM incidence. Data are currently available for 16 populations, and reveal significant variations in the frequencies of HLA-DQA1 and DQB1 alleles among the case and the control groups. However, DQA1 x Arg-(52)...
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