Class III alleles of the variable number of tandem repeat insulin polymorphism associated with silencing of thymic insulin predispose to type 1 diabetes

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3705-3710

  Vafiadis, Petros ^a,b   Ounissi Benkalha, Houria ^a,b   Palumbo, Michael ^a,b   Grabs, Rosemarie ^a,b   Rousseau, Marylène ^a,b   Goodyer, Cynthia G ^a,b   Polychronakos, Constantin ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0034891347     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.8.7733     Document Type: Article

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