THE ASSOCIATION OF HLA DQA_1 52 ARGININE (+ ) WITH IDDM SUSCEPTIBILITY IN A / 中华内分泌代谢杂志

The HLA DQA1 genes of 40 IDDM patients (including 8 cases with onset of diabetes before 14 years of age, 19 between 15-30 years and 13 after 31 years) and 51 healthy controls were studied by using for allele specific oligonucleotide probes. All of our research subjects are of Southern Chinese origin. The results showed that the HLA DQA1 52Arg(+) associated IDDM susceptibility is significantly higher in the group younger than 14 years of age (P