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Butyrylcholinesterase K variant on chromosome 3 q is associated with Type II diabetes in white Caucasian subjects.
Diabetologia - 1 Dec 2001
Hashim Y, Shepherd D, Wiltshire S, Holman R R, Levy J C, Clark A, Cull C A
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: To determine the association of three genes associated with Alzheimer's disease--butyrylcholinesterase (BcHE) on chromosome 3 q, alpha2 macroglobulin (alpha2M) on chromosome 12 p and apolipoprotein E (ApoE) on chromosome 19 q--with Type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. METHODS: Frequencies of BcHE K variant, alpha2M insertion and/or deletion polymorphism, the ApoE common...
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