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Genetic determinants of diabetes and atherosclerosis.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 1 May 2002
Mitchell Braxton D, Imumorin Ikhide G
Abstract excerpt
Common risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease are suspected because of the higher than expected prevalence of cardiovascular disease in individuals with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes and in nondiabetic individuals with impaired glucose tolerance. Some of these risk factors may be genetic in origin. The risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease may be linked through common pathways,...
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