A genome-wide search for type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes in an extended Arab family

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 488-503

  Al Safar, Habiba S ^a,b   Cordell, Heather J ^c   Jafer, Osman ^d   Anderson, Denise ^e   Jamieson, Sarra E ^e   Fakiola, Michaela ^e,f   Khazanehdari, Kamal ^d   Tay, Guan K ^a   Blackwell, Jenefer M ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association analysis; Family based GWAS; Type 2 diabetes; UAE

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA1;

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4P; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 4; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ARABS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893024690     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12036     Document Type: Article

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