Associations between UCP1 -3826A/G, UCP2 -866G/A, Ala55Val and Ins/Del, and UCP3 -55C/T Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Case-Control Study and Meta-Analysis

Bianca M. de Souza; Letícia A. Brondani; Ana P. Bouças; Denise A. Sortica; Caroline K. Kramer; Luís H. Canani; Cristiane B. Leitão; Daisy Crispim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054259

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Associations between UCP1 -3826A/G, UCP2 -866G/A, Ala55Val and Ins/Del, and UCP3 -55C/T Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Case-Control Study and Meta-Analysis

Bianca M. de Souza,

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Letícia A. Brondani,

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Ana P. Bouças,

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Denise A. Sortica,

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Caroline K. Kramer,

Affiliation Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Luís H. Canani,

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Cristiane B. Leitão,

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Daisy Crispim

* E-mail: daisy_crispim@hotmail.com

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Associations between UCP1 -3826A/G, UCP2 -866G/A, Ala55Val and Ins/Del, and UCP3 -55C/T Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Case-Control Study and Meta-Analysis

Bianca M. de Souza,
Letícia A. Brondani,
Ana P. Bouças,
Denise A. Sortica,
Caroline K. Kramer,
Luís H. Canani,
Cristiane B. Leitão,
Daisy Crispim

Published: January 24, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054259

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Minor corrections

Posted by DaisyCM on 29 Apr 2013 at 13:55 GMT

Please correct the following typewriting errors in our paper:

Page: Paragraph: Line: It reads: Read as (please change for):
1 (Abstract) 3 6 55Val Ala55
1 (Abstract) 3 6 -55C/T -55C
5 (Results) 5 5 55Val Ala55
5 (Results) 5 8 55Val Ala55
5 (Results) 6 9 -55T -55C
7 (Discussion) 2 13 55Val Ala55
7 (Discussion) 2 15 -55T -55C

Thank you,

Dr. Daisy Crispim

No competing interests declared.

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Associations between UCP1 -3826A/G, UCP2 -866G/A, Ala55Val and Ins/Del, and UCP3 -55C/T Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Case-Control Study and Meta-Analysis

Associations between UCP1 -3826A/G, UCP2 -866G/A, Ala55Val and Ins/Del, and UCP3 -55C/T Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Case-Control Study and Meta-Analysis

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