Diabetes in the old order Amish: Characterization and heritability analysis of the Amish family diabetes study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 595-601

  Hsueh, Wen Chi ^a   Mitchell, Braxton D ^a   Aburomia, Rami ^b   Pollin, Toni ^c   Sakul, Hakan ^b   Ehm, Margaret Gelder ^a   Michelsen, Birgitte K ^d   Wagner, Michael J ^a   St Jean, Pamela L ^a   Knowler, William C ^e   Burns, Daniel K ^a   Bell, Callum J ^b   Shuldiner, Alan R ^c  

^a SW Foundation Biomedical Research ^*

^b Axys Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HAGEDORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHENOTYPE; RELIGIOUS GROUP;

EID: 0034032564     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.23.5.595     Document Type: Article

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