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Lamin A/C polymorphisms, type 2 diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome: case-control and quantitative trait studies.
Diabetes - 1 Mar 2007
Mesa José L, Loos Ruth J F, Franks Paul W, Ong Ken K, Luan Jian'an, O'Rahilly Stephen, Wareham Nicholas J, Barroso Inês
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Mutations in the LMNA gene, encoding the nuclear envelope protein lamin A/C, are responsible for a number of distinct disease entities including Dunnigan-type familial partial lipodystrophy. Dunningan-type lipodystrophy is characterized by loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue, insulin resistance,...
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