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Genome-wide linkage scan for the metabolic syndrome: the GENNID study.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Jul 2008
Edwards Karen L, Hutter Carolyn M, Wan Jia Yin, Kim Helen, Monks Stephanie A
Abstract excerpt
In the United States, the metabolic syndrome (MetS) constitutes a major public health problem with over 47 million persons meeting clinical criteria for MetS. Numerous studies have suggested genetic susceptibility to MetS. The goals of this study were (i) to identify susceptibility loci for MetS in well-characterized families with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in four ethnic groups and (ii) to determine whether evidence...
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