Functional variation in VEGF is not associated with type 2 diabetes in a United Kingdom Caucasian population

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-302

  Freathy, Rachel M ^a   Weedon, Michael N ^a   Shields, Beverley ^a   Hitman, Graham A ^b   Walker, Mark ^c   McCarthy, Mark I ^d   Hattersley, Andrew T ^a   Frayling, Timothy M ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association; Growth factor A; Polymorphism; Single nucleotide; Vascular endothelial

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADENINE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOSINE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUANINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33646588652     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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