Reflexions on a newly discovered diabetogenic gene, wolframin (wfs1)

Diabetologia

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 627-630

  Gerbitz, K D ^a  

^a Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOLFRAMIN PROTEIN;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NOTE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OPTIC ATROPHY; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

EID: 0033045114     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051205     Document Type: Note

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