Hemoglobin Components in Diabetes Mellitus: Studies in Identical Twins
โ Scribed by Tattersall, Robert B.; Pyke, David A.; Ranney, Helen M.; Bruckheimer, Sally M.
- Book ID
- 127240409
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 387 KB
- Volume
- 293
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0096-6762
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The object of this work is to try to elucidate the role of genetic and environmental factors in the aetiology of diabetes by studying a series of identical twins. Concor&ince in identical (monozygotic) twins does not necessarily mean that a disease is genetic in origin. Twins usually live together
Twin studies are a valuable way of determining the relative significance of genetic and environmental factors in the aetiology of disease. In diabetes mellitus, they are of importance, since the aetiologies of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) and Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus are probab