The immunogenetics of insulin-dependent (Type I) diabetes.
Insulin-dependent diabetes develops when a genetically predisposed individual is exposed to an as-yet-unknown environmental insult. A major part of genetic susceptibility to the disorder is encoded close to or within the HLA-DQ region, but non-HLA-linked genes are also implicated.
Fletcher
J A
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Department of Medicine, University of Birmingham and East Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Barnett
A H
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