A new era for Type 2 diabetes genetics

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1181-1186

  Zeggini, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genome wide association; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE;

EID: 35448987054     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02274.x     Document Type: Review

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