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Association analysis of IGF2BP2, KCNJ11, and CDKAL1 polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Moroccan population: a case-control study and meta-analysis.
Biochemical genetics - 1 Oct 2014
Benrahma Houda, Charoute Hicham, Lasram Khaled, Boulouiz Redouane, Atig Rym Kefi-Ben, Fakiri Malika, Rouba Hassan, Abdelhak Sonia, Barakat Abdelhamid
Abstract excerpt
Associations with type 2 diabetes mellitus have been identified for variants CDKAL1 rs7756992, KCNJ11 rs5219, and IGF2BP2 rs4402960 in different populations. In a case-control study of 250 unrelated Moroccan diabetic patients and 250 healthy controls, we used TaqMan allelic discrimination assays to genotype the three SNPs and meta-analysis to investigate the association between the polymorphisms and diabetes in...
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