The insulin gene region and susceptibility to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in pour races; New insights from Afro-Caribbean race-specific haplotypes

Autoimmunity

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-22

  Mijovic, C H ^a,f   Penny, M A ^a   Jenkins, D ^b   Jacobs, K ^a   Heward, J ^a   Knight, S W ^a   Lucassen, A ^c   Morrison, E ^d   Barnett, A H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afro Caribbean; IDDM2; Insulin gene; Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; Races; VNTR

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0030726335     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916939709009546     Document Type: Article

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