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A genome-wide association study identifies novel risk loci for type 2 diabetes.
Nature - 22 Feb 2007
Sladek Robert, Rocheleau Ghislain, Rung Johan, Dina Christian, Shen Lishuang, Serre David, Boutin Philippe, Vincent Daniel, Belisle Alexandre, Hadjadj Samy, Balkau Beverley, Heude Barbara, Charpentier Guillaume, Hudson Thomas J, Montpetit Alexandre, Pshezhetsky Alexey V, Prentki Marc, Posner Barry I, Balding David J, Meyre David, Polychronakos Constantin, Froguel Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Type 2 diabetes mellitus results from the interaction of environmental factors with a combination of genetic variants, most of which were hitherto unknown. A systematic search for these variants was recently made possible by the development of high-density arrays that permit the genotyping of hundreds of thousands of polymorphisms. We tested 392,935 single-nucleotide polymorphisms in a French case-control cohort....
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