Type 2 diabetes: Genetic data sharing to advance complex disease research

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 535-549

  Flannick, Jason ^a,b   Florez, Jose C ^a,b,c  

^a BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROCEDURES; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84978032842     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg.2016.56     Document Type: Review

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