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Insulin receptor substrate-1 gene mutations in NIDDM; implications for the study of polygenic disease.
Diabetologia - 1 Apr 1995
Hitman G A, Hawrami K, McCarthy M I, Viswanathan M, Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A, Tuomilehto J, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Nissinen A, Pedersen O
Abstract excerpt
Variations in the coding regions of the insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) gene have recently been suggested to contribute to the susceptibility of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). The purpose of this study was to examine the role of the IRS-1 missense mutations at codons 972 (glycine to arginine) and 513 (alanine to proline) in two diverse populations from South India and Finland at high risk...
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