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KCNQ1 variants associate with type 2 diabetes in Malaysian Malay subjects.
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - 1 Nov 2011
Saif-Ali Riyadh, Muniandy Sekaran, Al-Hamodi Zaid, Lee Cheng Siang, Ahmed Khaled A, Al-Mekhlafi Abdulsalam M, Ismail Ikram Shah
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INTRODUCTION: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) candidate gene: potassium voltage-gated channel, KQT-like subfamily, member 1 (KCNQ1) was suggested by conducting a genome wide association study (GWAS) in Japanese population. Association studies have been replicated among East Asian populations; however, the association between this gene and T2D in Southeast Asian populations still needs to be studied. This study aimed to...
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