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Aug 23, 10 01:09AMObesity is a multifactorial disease that affects millions of people worldwide. It is the main independent risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Most patients with T2DM and glucose intolerance (GI) are overweight, a condition known as diabesity. In patients with the most severe form of obesity, i.e., morbid obesity, the likelihood of developing disea...Location: Cassiano Antonio Moraes University Hospital, Fe... Status: Active, not recruiting» Read more
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Aug 23, 10 06:50AMIn order to assess more completely the levels of diabetes care delivered in Taiwan, we now have nationally standardized performance measures that can evaluate quality of diabetes care accurately and reliably. These performance measures were seriously reviewed and discussed in the aspects of their practicability, feasibility and compliancy, through a series of nation-wide...Location: Martin M-T Fuh Status: Recruiting» Read more
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Aug 12, 10 11:22AMType 2 diabetes and obesity are both multifactoral diseases resulting from gene-environment interactions. However, this interaction, as well as the specific effect of each polymorphism, remains poorly understood. We now proposed a prospective cohort study to improve our understanding of the influence of phenotypic characteristics on gene expression in tissues involved i...Location: Lille University Hospital Status: Recruiting» Read more
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