Epidemiology and Immunogenetic Background of Islet Cell Antibody- Positive Nondiabetic Schoolchildren

Burkhard Manfras, G Holzberger, S. Seidl, P. Kühnl, Massimo Trucco, Werner A. Scherbaum

1991 · 18 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

interval 0.8-1.4%). Analysis of HLA-DRs and -DQs alleles revealed that the specificities found to be increased in insulin-depen dent (type I) diabetic subjects with the same ethnic background were also associated with ICA positivity in the nondiabetic schoolchildren. HLA-DR3 (P 17 or >30 JDF U, were found to be associated with amino acids other than Asp at position 57 of the HLA-DQ s-chain. No association of ICA level was found for HLA-DR phenotypes. Diabetes

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