In the last five years, genetic markers for a large number of diseases have been localised using linkage analysis of DNA polymorphisms in affected families. The site of the genetic defect or defects leading to Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus, a common illness with a major genetic co
Is Type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus not so “genetic” after all?
✍ Scribed by J. L. Hopper
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 40 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-186X
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