Predictive genetic testing for type 2 diabetes

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7567, 2006, Pages 509-510

  Janssens, A Cecile J W ^a   Gwinn, Marta ^b   Valdez, Rodolfo ^b   Venkat Narayan, K M ^b   Khoury, Muin J ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EDITORIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

CALPAIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PPAR GAMMA; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33748773883     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38953.598947.80     Document Type: Editorial

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