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Role of zinc and zinc transporters in the molecular pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Jan 2005
Quraishi Iram, Collins Sibrina, Pestaner Joseph P, Harris Twaina, Bagasra Omar
Abstract excerpt
Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in the United States. An estimated 18.2 million people in the US (6.3%) have diabetes; among them 2.8 million are African Americans (AAs). On average, AAs are twice as likely to have diabetes as European Americans (EAs) of similar age. AAs disproportionately suffer from various diseases in the US. Many of these diseases include hypertension, cardiovascular...
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