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Evidence for a major gene for type II diabetes and linkage analyses with selected candidate genes in Mexican-Americans.
Diabetes - 1 May 1996
Stern M P, Mitchell B D, Blangero J, Reinhart L, Krammerer C M, Harrison C R, Shipman P A, O'Connell P, Frazier M L, MacCluer J W
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We have carried out two independent family studies in low-income Mexican-Americans from San Antonio, Texas. In the first study, probands were ascertained at random without regard to any medical condition (658 examined individuals from 50 families), and in the second study, probands were subjects with type II diabetes identified in a prior epidemiological survey (523 examined individuals from 29 families)....
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