Variants in <it>KCNQ1 </it>increase type II diabetes susceptibility in South Asians: A study of 3,310 subjects from India and the US
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Polymorphisms in intron 15 of potassium voltage-gated channel, KQT-like subfamily member 1 (<it>KCNQ1</it>) gene have been associated with type II diabetes (T2D) in Japanese genome-wide association studies (GWAS). More re...
Main Authors: | Aston Christopher E, Mulvihill John J, Singh JaiRup, Mehra Narinder K, Wander Gurpreet S, Ralhan Sarju, Been Latonya F, Sanghera Dharambir K |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-01-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Genetics |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2350/12/18 |
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