Serum glucose, insulin and C-peptide response to oral glucose is not under evident genetic control in twins with parental NIDDM

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-325

  Bo, S ^a   Cavallo Perin, P ^a,b   Scaglione, L ^a   Pagano, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Genetic factors; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013673010     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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