SLC30A8 (ZnT8) polymorphism is associated with young age at type 1 diabetes onset

Review of Diabetic Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-27

  Gohlke, Henning ^a   Ferrari, Uta ^b   Koczwara, Kerstin ^b   Bonifacio, Ezio ^b   Illig, Thomas ^a   Ziegler, Anette G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR DIABETESFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Beta cell dysfunction; Genotype; SCL30A8; Type 1 diabetes; Zinc transporter; ZnT 8

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; SLC30A8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC TRANSPORTER; ZINC TRANSPORTER 8;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DAMAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 52949092480     PISSN: 16136071     EISSN: 16140575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1900/RDS.2008.5.25     Document Type: Article

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