Importance of family history in type 2 black South African diabetic patients

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 907, 2001, Pages 323-325

  Erasmus, R T ^a   Blanco Blanco, E ^a   Okesina, A B ^a   Mesa Arana, J ^a   Gqweta, Z ^a   Matsha, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Family history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035009920     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.907.323     Document Type: Article

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