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Hemminki K et al. - The concordant familial risks for type 1 diabetes were high and the calculated risk for multiplex families and monozygotic twins may be explained by epistatic gene × gene or gene × environment interactions. Familial associations with several autoimmune and related diseases suggest genetic sharing and challenge to gene identification.

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