Detecting Undiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: Family History as a Risk Factor and Screening Tool
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Detecting undiagnosed type 2 diabetes: family history as a risk factor and screening tool.
A family history of diabetes is a major risk factor for the disease. As such, it is often included in a variety of tools designed to detect either people at risk of diabetes or people with undiagnosed diabetes. One of the reasons to screen for diabetes is that it has a prolonged asymptomatic phase, which includes impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, and the early stages of diab...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1932-2968,1932-2968
DOI: 10.1177/193229680900300417