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When are type 1 diabetic patients at risk for cardiovascular disease?
Current diabetes reports - 1 Feb 2010
Orchard Trevor J, Costacou Tina
Abstract excerpt
This discussion of increased cardiovascular risk in patients with type 1 diabetes reviews recent data concerning glycemia and the role of glycemic control in type 1 diabetes, as well as observations of an association with haptoglobin genotype and coronary artery disease events. This genetic predisposition also leads to oxidative damage and appears to be associated with profound high-density lipoprotein...
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