Influence of common and specific HLA-DRB1/DQB1 haplotypes on genetic susceptibilities of three distinct arab populations to type 1 diabetes

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-138

  Stayoussef, Mouna ^a   Benmansour, Jihen ^a   Al Jenaidi, Fayza A ^b,c   Nemr, Rita ^d   Ali, Muhallab E ^b   Mahjoub, Touhami ^a   Almawi, Wassim Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^c Salmaniya Medical Complex ^*  (Bahrain)

^d RIZK HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA DQB1 GENE; HLA DRB1 GENE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION;

BAHRAIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; LEBANON; TUNISIA;

EID: 58149396442     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00215-08     Document Type: Article

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