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Genetics of type 2 diabetes in European populations.
Journal of diabetes - 1 Sept 2012
Qi Qibin, Hu Frank B
Abstract excerpt
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has become a leading health problem throughout the world. It is caused by environmental and genetic factors, as well as interactions between the two. However, until very recently, the T2D susceptibility genes have been poorly understood. During the past 5 years, with the advent of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), a total of 58 T2D susceptibility loci have been associated with T2D risk...
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