Clinical Features and HLA Genetics Differ in Children at Type 1 Diabetes Onset by Hispanic Ethnicity.
Kağan Ege KarakuşTheodore FleuryErin E BaschalKristen A McDanielHyelin ChoiTaylor K ArmstrongLiping YuKimber M SimmonsAaron W MichelsPublished in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2024)
Hispanic White children developing type 1 diabetes have a high prevalence of HLA DR4-DQ8, which can be utilized to select individuals for immune monitoring with islet autoantibodies to lessen diabetic ketoacidosis and potentially prevent diabetes onset.