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Prevalence of the rs7903146C>T polymorphism in TCF7L2 gene for prediction of type 2 diabetes risk among Iranians of different ethnicities.
Drug design, development and therapy - 1 Jan 2015
Allahdini Mojgan, Kamalidehghan Behnam, Akbari Leila, Azadfar Parisa, Rahmani Ali, Ahmadipour Fatemeh, Meng Goh Yong, Masserrat Abbas, Houshmand Massoud
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pharmacogenetics is the study of genetic polymorphisms affecting responses to drug therapy. The common rs7903146 (C>T) polymorphism of the TCF7L2 gene has recently been associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D). In this study, prevalence of the rs7903146 (C>T) polymorphism in the TCF7L2 gene for prediction of T2D risk was examined in an Iranian population of different ethnicities. METHODS: The prevalence...
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