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HLA class II-associated predisposition to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in a Polish population.
Human immunology - 1 Jul 1998
Krokowski M, Bodalski J, Bratek A, Boitard C, Caillat-Zucman S
Abstract excerpt
Susceptibility and resistance to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) are strongly associated with alleles of HLA class II DR and DQ genes. We have studied HLA DRB1, DQA1, DQB1 allele and haplotype distribution in 152 IDDM children and 103 unrelated healthy individuals from the region of Lodz in central Poland by the polymerase chain reaction and hybridisation with allele-specific oligonucleotide probes....
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