HLA and insulin dependent diabetes in South African Indians.
The HLA antigens of 44 Asian Indians with juvenile-onset, insulin-dependent diabetes were determined. The frequency of HLA-B8 was increased but that of HLA-B15 was not. There was a significant increase in the frequency of some of the subdivisions of B5.
D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006238:Haploidy; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011336:Probability; D013019:South Africa; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
D006680:HLA Antigens; D007328:Insulin