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Association of Trp64Arg mutation of the beta3-adrenergic-receptor with NIDDM and body weight gain.
Diabetologia - 1 Mar 1996
Fujisawa T, Ikegami H, Yamato E, Takekawa K, Nakagawa Y, Hamada Y, Oga T, Ueda H, Shintani M, Fukuda M, Ogihara T
Abstract excerpt
A possible pathogenic mutation in the beta 3-adrenergic-receptor gene (Trp64Arg) has been reported to be associated with an earlier age of onset of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and clinical features of the insulin resistance syndrome in Pima Indian, Finnish and French subjects. Since marked heterogeneity has been reported in the association of mutations of candidate genes with NIDDM between...
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