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Genome-wide association identifies nine common variants associated with fasting proinsulin levels and provides new insights into the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

  • Rona J. Strawbridge
  • , Josée Dupuis
  • , Inga Prokopenko
  • , Adam Barker
  • , Emma Ahlqvist
  • , Denis Rybin
  • , John R. Petrie
  • , Mary E. Travers
  • , Nabila Bouatia-Naji
  • , Antigone S. Dimas
  • , Alexandra C. Nica
  • , Eleanor Wheeler
  • , Han Chen
  • , Benjamin F. Voight
  • , Jalal Taneera
  • , Stavroula Kanoni
  • , John F. Peden
  • , Fabiola Turrini
  • , Stefan Gustafsson
  • , Carina Zabena
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Kooner, James Scott, Joban Sehmi, Weihua Zhang, Jaspal Kooner, Maria Sabater-Lleal, Anders Mälarstig, Mai Lis Hellénius, Gunnar Olsson, Stephan Rust, Gerd Assmann, Udo Seedorf, Simona Barlera, Gianni Tognoni, Maria Grazia Franzosi, Pamela Linksted, Halit Ongen, Theodosios Kyriakou, Fiona Green, Martin Farrall, Danish Saleheen, Asif Rasheed, Moazzam Zaidi, Nabi Shah, Maria Samuel, Nadeem Mallick, Muhammad Azhar, Khan Zaman, Adbus Samad, Muhammad Ishaq, Ali Gardezi, Fazal Ur Rehman Memon, Philippe Frossard, John Danesh, Claes Göran Östenson, Lars Lind, Cyrus C. Cooper, Manuel Serrano-Ríos, Ele Ferrannini, Tom J. Forsen, François Pattou, Claudia Langenberg, Anders Hamsten, Jose C. Florez*
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