| Literature DB >> 15929870 |
Takahisa Hirose1, Ryuzo Kawamori.
Abstract
In this article, we introduce the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the Japanese population and discuss the reasons for such an explosive increase. Diabetes has been brought into prominence in Japan by enhanced insulin resistance, through the change of lifestyle against the background of fragile beta-cell function and thrifty genotypes.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15929870 DOI: 10.1007/s11892-005-0013-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Diab Rep ISSN: 1534-4827 Impact factor: 4.810