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HLA and Insulin Dependent Diabetes in South African Indians |
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| Authors: | M. G. Hammond A. C. Asmal |
| Affiliation: | The Natal Institute of Immunology;University of Natal Medical School, Durban, South Africa |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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