Association of variants of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in the Dutch Breda cohort

Diabetologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-62

  Van Vliet Ostaptchouk, J V ^a   Shiri Sverdlov, R ^a   Zhernakova, A ^b   Strengman, E ^b   Van Haeften, T W ^b   Hofker, M H ^a   Wijmenga, C ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Association; Genetics; SNP; Susceptibility; TCF4; TCF7L2; Type 2 diabetes; Variant

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33845959001     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0477-z     Document Type: Article

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