Article
Association between a restriction fragment length polymorphism at the liver/islet cell (GluT 2) glucose transporter and familial type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus.
Diabetologia - 1 Oct 1991
Alcolado J C, Baroni M G, Li S R
Abstract excerpt
Patients with Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus and a strong family history of the disease may represent a sub-group where genetic factors play a preeminent role in transmission of the disease. A defect in the liver/islet cell glucose transporter (GluT 2) could explain many of the...
Topics
- Alleles
- DNA Probes
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Monosaccharide Transport Proteins
- Nuclear Family
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Reference Values
