Segregation of a Latent High Adiposity Phenotype in Families with a History of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Implicates Rare Obesity-Susceptibility Genetic Variants with Large Effects in Diabetes-Related Obesity

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Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Jenkins, Arthur B ^a,b   Batterham, Marijka ^a   Samocha Bonet, Dorit ^b   Tonks, Katherine ^b,c   Greenfield, Jerry R ^b,c   Campbell, Lesley V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84881320900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070435     Document Type: Article

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