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Gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with TCF7L2 gene polymorphisms independent of HLA-DQB1*0602 genotypes and islet cell autoantibodies.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Sept 2011
Papadopoulou A, Lynch K F, Shaat N, Håkansson R, Ivarsson S A, Berntorp K, Agardh C D, Lernmark Å
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AIMS: To test whether the TCF7L2 gene was associated with gestational diabetes, whether the association between TCF7L2 and gestational diabetes was independent of HLA-DQB1*0602 and islet cell autoantibodies, as well as maternal age, number of pregnancies, family history of diabetes and the HLA-DQB1 genotypes, and to test whether the distribution of HLA-DQB1 alleles was affected by country of birth. METHODS: We...
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