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Replication study for the association of TCF7L2 with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in a Japanese population.
Diabetologia - 1 May 2007
Hayashi T, Iwamoto Y, Kaku K, Hirose H, Maeda S
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The transcription factor 7-like 2 gene (TCF7L2) has been shown to be strongly associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in white populations. To further investigate the involvement of TCF7L2 in conferring susceptibility to type 2 diabetes, we examined the association of TCF7L2 polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes in a Japanese population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We analysed four SNPs...
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