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Genetic structure of Mexican Mestizos with type 2 diabetes mellitus based on three STR loci.
Gene - 1 Aug 2013
Cerda-Flores Ricardo M, Rivera-Prieto Roxana A, Pereyra-Alférez Benito, Calderón-Garcidueñas Ana L, Barrera-Saldaña Hugo A, Gallardo-Blanco Hugo L, Ortiz-López Rocío, Flores-Peña Yolanda, Cárdenas-Villarreal Velia M, Rivas Fernando, Figueroa Andrés, Kshatriya Gautam
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The aims of this population genetics study were: 1) to ascertain whether Mexicans with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) were genetically homogeneous and 2) to compare the genetic structure of this selected population with the previously reported data of four random populations (Nuevo León, Hispanics, Chihuahua, and Central Region of Mexico). METHODS: A sample of 103 unrelated individuals with DM and...
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