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Genetics of insulin resistance.
Current diabetes reports - 1 Feb 2002
Mercado Maria M, McLenithan John C, Silver Kristi D, Shuldiner Alan R
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Insulin resistance, defined as the decreased ability of insulin to perform its biological functions, is likely to represent the primary physiologic defect underlying the insulin resistance syndrome (IRS), which includes insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia, glucose intolerance and/or type 2 diabetes mellitus, visceral obesity, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. This constellation of traits is a leading cause of...
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