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Importance of family history in type 2 black South African diabetic patients.
Postgraduate medical journal - 1 May 2001
Erasmus R T, Blanco Blanco E, Okesina A B, Mesa Arana J, Gqweta Z, Matsha T
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the family history of diabetes in type 2 black South African diabetics with emphasis on the parental phenotype. DESIGN: Prospective case-control study in which family histories were obtained from patients. SETTING: Diabetic clinic of a provincial teaching hospital in the Transkei region of South Africa. SUBJECTS: A total of 1111 type 2 diabetics attending the diabetic clinic and 687 controls....
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