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[HLA-DR:DQ genotypes and insulin-dependent diabetes in Senegal].
Dakar medical - 1 Jan 1996
Cisse A, Chauffert M, Julier C, Chevenne D, Michel S, Trivin F, Diop S N, Sidibe E H, Sow A M
Abstract excerpt
At the opposite of HLA-DR, HLA-DQ was not well documented in homogeneous negroïd populations. So, 93 IDDM and 115 control patients, all black senegalese people, were studied. The results showed three HLA-DQ IDDM-related susceptibility genotypes and also a high risk conferred by HLA-DR4/DR9 usually described in Mongoloïd people. Furthermore, DR:DQ associations allowed the identification of three IDDM...
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