Common variants of the <it>TCF7L2 </it>gene are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a UK-resident South Asian population

• Main Authors: Kumar Sudhesh (Author), O'Hare J Paul (Author), Britten Abigail C (Author), Bellary Srikanth (Author), Rees Simon D (Author), Barnett Anthony H (Author), Kelly M Ann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent studies have implicated variants of the transcription factor 7-like 2 (<it>TCF7L2</it>) gene in genetic susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus in several different populations. The aim of this study was to dete...