Autoimmune type 1 diabetes genetic susceptibility encoded by human leukocyte antigen DRB1 and DQB1 genes in Tunisia

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1146-1150

  Stayoussef, Mouna ^a   Benmansour, Jihen ^a   Al Irhayim, Abdul Qader ^c   Said, Hichem B ^b   Rayana, Chiheb B ^a   Mahjoub, Touhami ^a   Almawi, Wassim Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249156853     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00105-09     Document Type: Article

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