An overview of the genetic analysis of complex diseases, with reference to type 1 diabetes
β Scribed by Glenys Thomson
- Book ID
- 119754814
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1521-690X
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Background Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a clinically heterogeneous disease. The presence of associated autoimmune diseases (AAIDs) may represent a distinct form of autoimmune diabetes, with involvement of specific mechanisms. The aim of this study was to find predictors of AAIDs in the Type 1 Diabetes G
HLA-DR and MT1, MT2, MT3 genotypes have been investigated in 123 Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic subjects and their families. Ninety-eight percent of probands possessed either DR3 (relative risk = 5.0), or DR4 (relative risk = 6.8) or both antigens (relative risk = 14.3), emphasizing the strong