Does genetic testing really improve the prediction of future type 2 diabetes? [8]

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 0270-0271

  Janssens, A Cecile J W ^a   Gwinn, Marta ^b   Subramonia Iyer, Subramony ^c   Khoury, Muin J ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Cambridge Genetics Knowledge Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BODY MASS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CALPAIN; CALPAIN 10; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA;

BODY MASS INDEX; CALPAIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PPAR GAMMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644843134     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030114     Document Type: Letter

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