Familial aggregation and excess maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes in Tunisia

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 979, 2007, Pages 348-351

  Arfa, Imen ^a   Abid, Abdelmajid ^b   Malouche, Dhafer ^c   Alaya, Nissaf Ben ^a   Azegue, Théophile Roland ^a,c   Mannai, Imen ^a,c   Zorgati, Mohamed Majdi ^a   Rayana, Mohamed Chiheb Ben ^b   Ammar, Slim Ben ^a   Blousa Chabchoub, Samira ^b   Romdhane, Habiba Ben ^d   Zouari, Béchir ^d   Dellagi, Mohamed Koussay ^a   Abdelhak, Sonia ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Institut National de Nutrition Tunis   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; TUNISIA;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; TUNISIA;

EID: 34249111588     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.053744     Document Type: Article

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