Worldwide differences in the incidence of insulin autoimmune syndrome (Hirata disease) with respect to the evolution of HLA-DR4 alleles

Human Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 154-157

  Uchigata, Yasuko ^a   Hirata, Yukimasa ^a   Omori, Yasue ^a   Iwamoto, Yasuhiko ^a   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disease susceptibility; HLA DR4 alleles; Hypoglycemia; Incidence difference; Insulin autoimmune syndrome

Indexed keywords

HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNDROME;

ALLELES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EVOLUTION; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0033959371     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(99)00144-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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