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Revision of the ADA-classification of diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2): the importance of maturity onset diabetes (MOD), and senile diabetes (DS).
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics - 1 Jan 2000
Vacante Marco, Malaguarnera Michele, Motta Massimo
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The changing social and economic conditions and the increase of the life span induced a progressive increase of the general prevalence of DMT2, particularly in the elderly population of the highly evoluted countries. Up to now 18 genetic loci have been identified, each of them consisting of several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The evidence that the DMT2 is regulated by a high number of genes,...
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