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An Integrative Phenotype-Genotype Approach Using Phenotypic Characteristics from the UAE National Diabetes Study Identifies HSD17B12 as a Candidate Gene for Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.
Genes - 23 Apr 2020
Hachim Mahmood Y, Aljaibeji Hayat, Hamoudi Rifat A, Hachim Ibrahim Y, Elemam Noha M, Mohammed Abdul Khader, Salehi Albert, Taneera Jalal, Sulaiman Nabil
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The United Arab Emirates National Diabetes and Lifestyle Study (UAEDIAB) has identified obesity, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and dyslipidemia as common phenotypic characteristics correlated with diabetes mellitus status. As these phenotypes are usually linked with genetic variants, we hypothesized that these phenotypes share single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-clusters that can be used to identify...
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