Human genetics of diabetes mellitus in Taiwan

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4535-4545

  Chen, Pei Lung ^a,b   Yang, Wei Shiung ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Candidate gene; Diabetes mellitus; Genetics; Genome wide association; HLA; Mitochondria; MODY; Review; Syndrome; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDICAL GENETICS; MITOCHONDRION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TAIWAN;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; TAIWAN;

EID: 63849243135     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3546     Document Type: Article

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