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Genetic variation near the hepatocyte nuclear factor-4 alpha gene predicts susceptibility to type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Apr 2004
Silander Kaisa, Mohlke Karen L, Scott Laura J, Peck Erin C, Hollstein Pablo, Skol Andrew D, Jackson Anne U, Deloukas Panagiotis, Hunt Sarah, Stavrides George, Chines Peter S, Erdos Michael R, Narisu Narisu, Conneely Karen N, Li Chun, Fingerlin Tasha E, Dhanjal Sharanjeet K, Valle Timo T, Bergman Richard N, Tuomilehto Jaakko, Watanabe Richard M, Boehnke Michael, Collins Francis S
Abstract excerpt
The Finland-United States Investigation Of NIDDM Genetics (FUSION) study aims to identify genetic variants that predispose to type 2 diabetes by studying affected sibling pair families from Finland. Chromosome 20 showed our strongest initial evidence for linkage. It currently has a maximum logari...
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