Impact of the Xba1-polymorphism of the human muscle glycogen synthase gene on parameters of the insulin resistance syndrome in a Danish twin population

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 735-740

  Fenger, M ^a   Poulsen, P ^b   Beck Nielsen, H ^b   Vaag, A ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Genetics; Human muscle glycogen synthase; Insulin resistance; Twins; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; INSULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 19; DENMARK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PARAMETER;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; DENMARK; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SYNDROME; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0033747184     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2000.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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