DRB1*04 and DQB1*03 Alleles are Very Prevalent in Bahraini Families with Both T2DM and T1DM

Einas M Al-Harbi^1,2*#, Eman M Farid^3#, Fayza A Junaid⁴, Jaipaul Singh⁵ and Khalid A Gumaa³

¹Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Kuwait Medical Genetics Center, MOH, Kuwait

²Al-Jawhara Centre for Molecular Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain

³College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain

⁴Department of Pediatrics, Salmaniya Medical Complex, MOH, Bahrain

⁵School of Forensic and Investigative Sciences and School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

^#Contributed equally to this work

^*Corresponding Author: Einas M Al-Harbi, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Kuwait Medical Genetics Center Center, Ministry Of Health-State Of Kuwait, Kuwait, Tel: +965 55554666, Fax: +965 24842073 Email: