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Genetic linkage and association studies of Type I diabetes: challenges and rewards.
Diabetologia - 1 Jan 2002
Field L L
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Family and twin studies have shown clearly that Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus has a genetic basis. However, only within the past decade has it been possible to systematically attempt to identify the genes that increase susceptibility to this disorder using linkage and association analysis of genetic markers distributed across the genome. More than 20 putative diabetes-predisposing genes have been...
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