Similar incidence of type 1 diabetes in ethnically different populations (Italy Slovenia) is sustained by similar HLA susceptible/protective haplotype frequencies

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 244-253

  Petrone, A ^a   Battelino, T ^b   Krzisnik, C ^b   Bugawan, T ^c   Erlich, H ^c   Di Mario, U ^a   Pozzilli, P ^d   Buzzetti, Raffaella ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

HLA DQA1; HLA DQB1; HLA DRB1; Italian population; MHC region; Slovenian population; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SLOVENIA;

EID: 0038629152     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2002.600306.x     Document Type: Article

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