Original Article
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World J Diabetes. Aug 12, 2012; 3(8): 149-155
Published online Aug 12, 2012. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v3.i8.149
HLA-DQB1* alleles and genetic susceptibility to type 1 diabetes mellitus
Youssef M Mosaad, Fatma A Auf, Shereen S Metwally, Ashraf A Elsharkawy, Amany K El-Hawary, Rasha H Hassan, Ziyad E Tawhid, Farha A El-Chennawi
Youssef M Mosaad, Fatma A Auf, Shereen S Metwally, Ziyad E Tawhid, Farha A El-Chennawi, Unit of Clinical Immunology, Department of Clinical Pathology, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura 35111, Egypt
Ashraf A Elsharkawy, Amany K El-Hawary, Unit of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Mansoura 35111, Egypt
Rasha H Hassan, Unit of Pediatric Infectious Disease and Malnutrition, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Mansoura, 35111, Egypt
Author contributions: Mosaad YM, Elsharkawy AA and Tawhid ZE contributed equally to this work; Auf FA, Metwally SS and El-Chennawi FA designed the research; Mosaad YM and Tawhid ZE performed the research; all members contributed new reagents/analytic tools; Elsharkawy AA, El-Hawary AK and Hassan RH provided the clinical samples, data, and follow-up of patients; Mosaad YM, Elsharkawy AA, El-Hawary AK and Hassan RH wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Youssef M Mosaad, Professor, Unit of Clinical Immunology, Department of Clinical Pathology, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35111, Egypt. youssefmosaad@yahoo.com
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Received: March 19, 2012
Revised: June 27, 2012
Accepted: August 8, 2012
Published online: August 12, 2012
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