Evaluation of variant A45T in NEUROD1/BETA2 for its association with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Endocrine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-106

  Han, Xueyao ^a   Xiao, Jianzhong ^b   Ren, Qian ^a   Tang, Yong ^a   Yang, Wenying ^b   Ji, Linong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Single nucleotide polymorphism NEUROD1 gene; Type 2

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN VARIANT; THYMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84881150858     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9844-3     Document Type: Article

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