The islet amyloid polypeptide (amylin) gene S20G mutation in Chinese subjects: Evidence for associations with type 2 diabetes and cholesterol levels

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 541-546

  Lee, S C ^a   Hashim, Y ^b   Li, J K Y ^a   Ko, G T C ^a   Critchley, J A J H ^a   Cockram, C S ^a   Chan, J C N ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYLIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INSULIN DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AMYLOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0035723451     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2001.01244.x     Document Type: Article

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