Family-based association of HLA class II alleles and haplotypes with type I diabetes in brazilians reveals some characteristics of a highly diversified population

Human Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1226-1233

  Volpini, Walkyria M G ^a,b   Testa, Giuliana V ^a   Marques, Sílvia B D ^a   Alves, Lais I ^c   Silva, Maria Elizabeth R ^c   Dib, Sérgio A ^d   Guerra Jr , Gil ^b   Paulino, Maria Fernanda V M ^b   Marini, Sofia H V L ^b   Persoli, Lígia B L ^a   Caillat Zucman, Sophie ^e  

^a Hemotherapy Center Campinas   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Affected family based control method; Brazilian population; HLA association; Type I diabetes

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034756044     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(01)00323-8     Document Type: Article

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