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KCNQ1 haplotypes associate with type 2 diabetes in Malaysian Chinese Subjects.
International journal of molecular sciences - 1 Jan 2011
Saif-Ali Riyadh, Ismail Ikram S, Al-Hamodi Zaid, Al-Mekhlafi Hesham M, Siang Lee C, Alabsi Aied M, Muniandy Sekaran
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes of potassium voltage-gated channel, KQT-like subfamily, member 1 (KCNQ1) with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Malaysian Chinese subjects. The KCNQ1 SNPs rs2237892, rs2283228 and rs2237895 were genotyped in 300 T2D patients and 230 control subjects without diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Two logistic...
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