A functional analysis of the role of IGF2 in IDDM2-encoded susceptibility to type 1 diabetes

Diabetes

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 831-836

  Vafiadis, Petros ^b   Grabs, Rosemarie ^b   Goodyer, Cindy G ^b   Colle, Eleanor ^b   Polychronakos, Constantin ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FATHERS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PANCREAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031944926     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.47.5.831     Document Type: Article

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