Concordance for Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes was determined in 250 monozygotic and 264 dizygotic white male twin pairs who participated in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Twin Study. These twins were born between 1917 and 1927 and were identified from military records withou
Can twin studies assess the genetic component in Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus?
β Scribed by D. I. W. Phillips; J. Tuomilehto
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 277 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-186X
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