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Genome-wide linkage scan in Gullah-speaking African American families with type 2 diabetes: the Sea Islands Genetic African American Registry (Project SuGAR).
Diabetes - 1 Jan 2009
Sale Michèle M, Lu Lingyi, Spruill Ida J, Fernandes Jyotika K, Lok Kerry H, Divers Jasmin, Langefeld Carl D, Garvey W Timothy
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OBJECTIVE: The Gullah-speaking African American population from the Sea Islands of South Carolina is characterized by a low degree of European admixture and high rates of type 2 diabetes and diabetic complications. Affected relative pairs with type 2 diabetes were recruited through the Sea Islands Genetic African American Registry (Project SuGAR). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We conducted a genome-wide linkage...
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