TCF7L2: The biggest story in diabetes genetics since HLA?

Diabetologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Zeggini, E ^a,b   McCarthy, M I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ALLELE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIABETOGENESIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33845939675     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0507-x     Document Type: Note

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