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DIABETES MELLITUS

A GENETIC DISEASE

Berdanier, Carolyn D. Ph.D.

Author Information

Carolyn D. Berdanier obtained a Ph.D. in Nutrition at Rutgers University and is currently Professor in the Department of Foods and Nutrition at the University of Georgia in Athens. Her research focuses on the genetic aspects of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Correspondence can be directed to Dr. Berdanier at the University of Georgia, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Department of Foods and Nutrition, Dawson Hall, Athens, GA 30602.

Nutrition Today 34(2):p 89, March 1999.

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is not a single disease but a group of highly variable disorders of glucose metabolism. As a group with a common clinical feature, it is the largest group of genetic diseases that afflict mankind. More than 200 mutations have been reported that associate with this disease. Because of this variability in genetic origin, optimal management of the affected individual poses considerable challenges to the clinical and family caregiver.

© 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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