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Advances in the Genetics of Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes.
Current diabetes reports - 22 Jun 2018
Todd Jennifer N, Srinivasan Shylaja, Pollin Toni I
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To provide an update on knowledge the role of genetics in youth-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D). RECENT FINDINGS: The prevalence in youth of T2D, once thought to be exclusively a disease of adults, has increased by over 35% since 2001. Youth with T2D tend to have higher rates of complications, more aggressive disease, with more rapid loss of beta-cell function and a less favorable response to...
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