Anomalous behaviour of the 5' insulin gene polymorphism allele 814: lack of association with Type I diabetes in Basques. GEPV-N Group. Basque-Navarre Endocrinology and Paediatrics.

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Anomalous behaviour of the 5' insulin gene polymorphism allele 814: lack of association with Type I diabetes in Basques. GEPV-N Group. Basque-Navarre Endocrinology and Paediatrics.

Diabetologia - 1 Sept 1998

Urrutia I, Calvo B, Bilbao J R, Castaño L

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A susceptibility locus (IDDM2) for Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus has been identified as allelic variation at a variable number of tandem repeats polymorphic region upstream of the human insulin gene. In Caucasian populations, individuals homozygous for the short length alleles (26...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Alleles
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Female
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Humans
Insulin
Male
Middle Aged
Minisatellite Repeats
Polymorphism, Genetic

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