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The TCF7L2 rs7903146 (T) allele is associated with type 2 diabetes in urban Ghana: a hospital-based case–control study

BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing dramatically in sub-Saharan Africa, and genetic predisposition is likely involved in that. Yet, genetic variants known to confer increased susceptibility among Caucasians are far from being established in African populations. In Ghanaian adults, we...

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Autores principales: Danquah, Ina, Othmer, Till, Frank, Laura K, Bedu-Addo, George, Schulze, Matthias B, Mockenhaupt, Frank P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24059590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-14-96