Genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes in Africa
Genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes in Africa
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Chen, Ji , Sun, Meng , Adeyemo, Adebowale , Pirie, Fraser , Carstensen, Tommy , Pomilla, Cristina , Doumatey, Ayo P. , Chen, Guanjie , Young, Elizabeth H. , Sandhu, Manjinder , Morris, Andrew P. , Barroso, Inês , McCarthy, Mark I. , Mahajan, Anubha , Wheeler, Eleanor , Rotimi, Charles N. and Motala, Ayesha A.
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for type 2 diabetes have uncovered >400 risk loci, primarily in populations of European and Asian ancestry. Here, we aimed to discover additional type 2 diabetes risk loci (including African-specific variants) and fine-map association signals by performing genetic analysis in African populat...
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Genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes in Africa
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6560001
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_6560001
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ISSN
0012-186X,1432-0428
E-ISSN
1432-0428
DOI
10.1007/s00125-019-4880-7
