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Genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus and response to sulfonylurea treatment.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Aug 2011
Swen Jesse J, Guchelaar Henk-Jan, Baak-Pablo Renée F, Assendelft Willem J J, Wessels Judith A M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: After the identification of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) risk alleles from genome-wide association studies, models have been developed to identify subjects at high risk to develop T2DM. We hypothesize that a panel of 20 repeatedly associated T2DM risk alleles influences response to sulfonylureas (SUs). METHODS: Two hundred and seven incident SU (tolbutamide, glibenclamide, glimepiride, gliclazide)...
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