The combined effect of the T2DM susceptibility genes is an important risk factor for T2DM in non-obese Japanese: a population based case-control study

• Main Authors: Yamakawa-Kobayashi Kimiko (Author), Natsume Maki (Author), Aoki Shingo (Author), Nakano Sachi (Author), Inamori Tomoko (Author), Kasezawa Nobuhiko (Author), Goda Toshinao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a complex endocrine and metabolic disorder. Recently, several genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified many novel susceptibility loci for T2DM, and indicated that there are common gene...