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Bivariate linkage analysis of the insulin resistance syndrome phenotypes on chromosome 7q.
Human biology - 1 Apr 2005
Lehman Donna M, Arya Rector, Blangero John, Almasy Laura, Puppala Sobha, Dyer Thomas D, Leach Robin J, O'Connell Peter, Stern Michael P, Duggirala Ravindranath
Abstract excerpt
Metabolic abnormalities of the insulin resistance syndrome (IRS) have been shown to aggregate in families and to exhibit trait-pair correlations, suggesting a common genetic component. A broad region on chromosome 7q has been implicated in several studies to contain loci that cosegregate with IRS-related traits. However, it is not clear whether such loci have any common genetic (pleiotropic) influences on the...
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