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Genetic polymorphisms in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma are associated with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity in the Korean population.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Sept 2005
Moon M K, Cho Y M, Jung H S, Park Y J, Yoon K H, Sung Y A, Park B L, Lee H K, Park K S, Shin H D
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AIMS: We examined whether the common polymorphisms of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) gene are associated with Type 2 diabetes or obesity in the Korean population. METHODS: We genotyped two common PPARgamma polymorphisms (Pro12Ala and 161C > T) and examined their association with the clinical phenotypes found in 684 patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and 291 non-diabetic...
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