Autoimmune diabetes 06 is a diabetes mellitus type 1 that are pathogentically linked to genetic variants in a locus that is not exactly determined yet. It is on chromosome 18q21 and stretches about 20 megabases. Many genes are in that region.
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Hodge SE et al. (1981) Close genetic linkage between diabetes mellitus and kidd blood group. |
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Merriman T et al. (1997) Evidence by allelic association-dependent methods for a type 1 diabetes polygene (IDDM6) on chromosome 18q21. |
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Vaidya B et al. (2000) Evidence for a new Graves disease susceptibility locus at chromosome 18q21. |