Diabetes susceptibility at IDDM2 cannot be positively mapped to the VNTR locus of the insulin gene

Diabetologia

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 594-599

  Doria, A ^a,b   Lee, J ^a   Warram, J H ^a   Krolewski, A S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

insulin gene; insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; linkage disequilibrium; tyrosine hydroxylase gene; VNTR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029868398     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00403307     Document Type: Article

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