The genetics of Type 2 diabetes and its link to gene expression and related phenotypes
Type 2 diabetes is caused by defective insulin secretion in the presence of insulin resistance. It usually occurs in late adulthood and is associated with high body mass index (BM I). Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified more than 200 genetic variants associated with metabolic tra...
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Exeter and Plymouth Peninsula Medical School
2013
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.606688 |