Article
[Insulin-dependent diabetes in Senegal: HLA-DR combinations according to age of onset and sex].
Dakar medical - 1 Jan 1998
Cisse A, Chauffert M, Diop S N, Chevenne D, Sidibe E H, Michel S, Sow A M, Trivin F
Abstract excerpt
In insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, HLA-DR markers are involved, namely DR3, DR4 and DR9 alleles, among black senegalese populations. Studying the different associations of these alleles showed a strong predisposition to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus with DR3/4 (p > 10(-2); OR = 13.6);...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Alleles
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Black People
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Humans
- Male
