Article
Methods for the study of the genetic determinants of diabetes and its complications.
Przeglad lekarski - 1 Jan 2000
Doria A
Abstract excerpt
Diabetes and its complications have a multifactorial etiology that includes both environmental and genetic factors. This makes the aim of finding susceptibility genes difficult because of the contribution of multiple genes, the wide variety of environmental factors that are involved, the lack of a clear mode of inheritance, and the presence of genetic heterogeneity. Despite these problems, the recent advances in...
Topics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Disease Progression
- False Positive Reactions
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Likelihood Functions
- Models, Genetic
- Models, Statistical
