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Population-based assessment of familial clustering of diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Sept 2004
Harjutsalo Valma, Katoh Shuichi, Sarti Cinzia, Tajima Naoko, Tuomilehto Jaakko
Abstract excerpt
We determined the magnitude of familial aggregation in the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN) among a population-based cohort of Finnish type 1 diabetic patients. Probands with type 1 diabetes were identified from the nationwide register of all Finnish cases diagnosed during 1965-1979. By 1998, there were 537 families with at least two siblings with type 1 diabetes. These 537 probands and their 616 diabetic...
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