Analysis of the obesity gene FTO in 14,803 type 1 diabetes cases and controls [1]

Diabetologia

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2218-2220

  Field, S F ^a   Howson, J M M ^a   Walker, N M ^a   Dunger, D B ^b   Todd, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FTO; Genetic association; Obesity; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMORPHISM; FTO GENE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 34447116059     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-007-0767-0     Document Type: Letter

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