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Diabetes in the Old Order Amish: characterization and heritability analysis of the Amish Family Diabetes Study.
Diabetes care - 1 May 2000
Hsueh W C, Mitchell B D, Aburomia R, Pollin T, Sakul H, Gelder Ehm M, Michelsen B K, Wagner M J, St Jean P L, Knowler W C, Burns D K, Bell C J, Shuldiner A R
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OBJECTIVE: The Old Order Amish (OOA) are a genetically well-defined closed Caucasian founder population. The Amish Family Diabetes Study was initiated to identify susceptibility genes for type 2 diabetes. This article describes the genetic epidemiology of type 2 diabetes and related traits in this unique population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The study cohort comprised Amish probands with diabetes who were...
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