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Chromosome 7p linkage and association study for diabetes related traits and type 2 diabetes in an African-American population enriched for nephropathy.
BMC medical genetics - 8 Feb 2010
Leak Tennille S, Langefeld Carl D, Keene Keith L, Gallagher Carla J, Lu Lingyi, Mychaleckyj Josyf C, Rich Stephen S, Freedman Barry I, Bowden Donald W, Sale Michèle M
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BACKGROUND: Previously we performed a linkage scan of 638 African American affected sibling pairs (ASP) with type 2 diabetes (T2D) enriched for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Ordered subset linkage analysis (OSA) revealed a linkage peak on chromosome 7p in the subset of families with earlier age...
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