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Parallel manifestation of insulin resistance and beta cell decompensation is compatible with a common defect in Type 2 diabetes.
Diabetologia - 1 May 2004
Tripathy D, Eriksson K F, Orho-Melander M, Fredriksson J, Ahlqvist G, Groop L
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between insulin sensitivity, beta cell function and glucose tolerance, and its dependence on variants in the newly identified Type 2 diabetes susceptibility gene, calpain-10 ( CAPN10). METHODS: We studied 203 men of the same age but with varying degrees of glucose tolerance. These men participated in (i) an oral glucose tolerance test, (ii) a...
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