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Association of type 1 diabetes with two Loci on 12q13 and 16p13 and the influence coexisting thyroid autoimmunity in Japanese.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jan 2009
Awata Takuya, Kawasaki Eiji, Tanaka Shoichiro, Ikegami Hiroshi, Maruyama Taro, Shimada Akira, Nakanishi Koji, Kobayashi Tetsuro, Iizuka Hiroyuki, Uga Miho, Kawabata Yumiko, Kanazawa Yasuhiko, Kurihara Susumu, Osaki Masataka, Katayama Shigehiro
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT: Recent genome-wide association studies have identified several novel type 1 diabetes (T1D) loci in white populations. OBJECTIVE: In line with recent findings, we conducted a replication study of two loci on chromosome 12p13 and 16p13 and assessed their potential associations with thyroid autoimmunity in a Japanese population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs2292399 in...
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