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AHSG tag single nucleotide polymorphisms associate with type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia: studies of metabolic traits in 7,683 white Danish subjects.
Diabetes - 1 May 2008
Andersen Gitte, Burgdorf Kristoffer Sølvsten, Sparsø Thomas, Borch-Johnsen Knut, Jørgensen Torben, Hansen Torben, Pedersen Oluf
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The gene encoding the alpha2 Heremans-Schmid glycoprotein (AHSG) is a credible biological and positional candidate gene for type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome, and previous attempts to relate AHSG variation with type 2 diabetes and obesity in Swedish and French Caucasians have been largely successful. We related seven frequent AHSG tag single nucleotide polymorphisms to a range of metabolic...
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