Physiological and genetic characterization of the Gly40Ser mutation in the glucagon receptor gene in the Sardinian population

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-94

  Tonolo, G ^a,f   Melis, M G ^a   Ciccarese, M ^a,b   Secchi, G ^a   Atzeni, M M ^a   Maioli, M ^a   Pala, G ^c   Massidda, A ^d   Manai, M ^e   Pilosu, R M ^e   Li, L S ^b   Luthman, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^d Diabetologia Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^e Territorial Department of Nephrology and Dialysis   (Italy)

^f Istituto di Clinica Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

genetics; hypertension; NIDDM

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION RATE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DNA PRIMERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GLUCAGON; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, GLUCAGON;

EID: 8044222127     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050647     Document Type: Article

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