A male-female bias in type 1 diabetes and linkage to chromosome Xp in MHC HLA-DR3-positive patients

Nature Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-302

  Cucca, Francesco ^a,b   Goy, Juliet V ^a   Kawaguchi, Yoshihiko ^a   Esposito, Laura ^a   Merriman, Marilyn E ^a   Wilson, Amanda J ^a   Cordell, Heather J ^c   Bain, Stephen C ^d   Todd, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR3 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XP; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HLA-DR3 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031833918     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/995     Document Type: Article

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