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The G1888A variant in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene may be associated with Type 2 diabetes in Caucasian-Brazilian patients from southern Brazil.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Dec 2005
Crispim D, Canani L H, Gross J L, Carlessi R M, Tschiedel B, Souto K E P, Roisenberg I
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AIM: To compare the frequencies of the G1888A variant in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene between patients with Type 2 diabetes and non-diabetic control subjects from southern Brazil. METHODS: We analysed 520 Type 2 diabetic patients (389 Caucasian- and 131 African-Brazilians) and 530 control subjects (400 Caucasian- and 130 African-Brazilians). DNA samples were amplified by polymerase chain reaction and digested...
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