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NeuroD/BETA2 gene variability and diabetes: no associations to late-onset type 2 diabetes but an A45 allele may represent a susceptibility marker for type 1 diabetes among Danes. Danish Study Group of Diabetes in Childhood, and the Danish IDDM Epidemiology and Genetics Group.
Diabetes - 1 May 2000
Hansen L, Jensen J N, Urioste S, Petersen H V, Pociot F, Eiberg H, Kristiansen O P, Hansen T, Serup P, Nerup J, Pedersen O
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the NeuroD/BETA2 gene have been shown to associate with type 2 diabetes. In the present study, we examined mutations in the NeuroD/BETA2 gene for association with either type 1 or 2 diabetes. Three variants were identified in patients with type 2 diabetes: Ala45Thr (allelic frequency...
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