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Association analysis of the IGF1 gene with childhood growth, IGF-1 concentrations and type 1 diabetes.
Diabetologia - 1 May 2008
Vella A, Bouatia-Naji N, Heude B, Cooper J D, Lowe C E, Petry C, Ring S M, Dunger D B, Todd J A, Ong K K
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Insulin-like growth factor-1 is a major childhood growth factor and promotes pancreatic islet cell survival and growth in vitro. We hypothesised that genetic variation in IGF1 might be associated with childhood growth, glucose metabolism and type 1 diabetes risk. We therefore examined the association between common genetic variation in IGF1 and predisposition to type 1 diabetes, childhood growth...
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