HHEX gene polymorphisms are associated with type 2 diabetes in the Dutch Breda cohort

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 652-656

  van Vliet Ostaptchouk, Jana V ^a,b   Onland Moret, N Charlotte ^c   van Haeften, Timon W ^c   Franke, Lude ^c   Elbers, Clara C ^c   Shiri Sverdlov, Ronit ^b   van der Schouw, Yvonne T ^c   Hofker, Marten H ^a,b   Wijmenga, Cisca ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; HEMATOPOIETICALLY EXPRESSED HOMEOBOX PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 42649129713     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5202008     Document Type: Article

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