DNA methylation in monozygotic quadruplets affected by type 1 diabetes

Diabetologia

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2093-2095

  Disanto, Giulio ^a   Vcelakova, Jana ^b   Pakpoor, Julia ^a   Elangovan, Ramyiadarsini I ^a   Sumnik, Zdenek ^b   Ulmannova, Tereza ^b   Ebers, George C ^a   Ramagopalan, Sreeram V ^a,c   Štechová, Kateřina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Monozygotic quadruplet; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; DNA; GLUCOSE; HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

CASE REPORT; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RESPONSE; LETTER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUADRUPLETS;

EID: 84881612144     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-013-2972-3     Document Type: Letter

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