The past, present, and future of genetic associations in type 1 diabetes

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 445-453

  Baker II, Peter R ^a   Steck, Andrea K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Candidate gene; Extended haplotype; Genetic association study; Genome wide association study; Human leukocyte antigen; Linkage study; Major histocompatibility complex; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Type 1 diabetes; Whole exome sequencing

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 6; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HERITABILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 80755139402     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-011-0212-0     Document Type: Review

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