Ethnic disparities in DNA methylation and risk of type 2 diabetes

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 491-492

  Mitchell, Jonathan A ^a   Grant, Struan F A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ASIAN; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84934437941     PISSN: 22138587     EISSN: 22138595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00142-4     Document Type: Note

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