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Familial early-onset type 2 diabetes in Chinese patients: obesity and genetics have more significant roles than autoimmunity.
Diabetes care - 1 Apr 2001
Ng M C, Lee S C, Ko G T, Li J K, So W Y, Hashim Y, Barnett A H, Mackay I R, Critchley J A, Cockram C S, Chan J C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We examined the prevalence of different forms of diabetes in Hong Kong Chinese patients with familial early-onset type 2 diabetes and compared their clinical features with patients with familial late-onset type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 145 young patients with early-onset diabetes (age and age at diagnosis < or = 40 years) and a family history of diabetes were studied. They...
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