Genetic factors in risk assessment for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a small case series

International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-123

  Abou Hussein, S ^a   Savona Ventura, C ^b   Grima, S ^b   Felice, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

previous gestational diabetes mellitus; risk factors; single nucleotide polymorphism; specific allele scoring; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CDKAL1 GENE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FTO GENE; GENE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MALTA; MUTANT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PCK GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC2A2 GENE; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; ALLELES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80052020020     PISSN: 09246479     EISSN: 18786847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JRS-2011-0522     Document Type: Article

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