Scalvini T, Spandrio S, di Stefano O, Cotelli M C, Carella G, Balestrieri G P
Cattedra di Patologia Medica, Università di Brescia, II Divisione di Medicina, Spedali di Brescia, Italy.
Acta Diabetol Lat. 1989 Jan-Mar;26(1):58-74. doi: 10.1007/BF02581198.
Both early onset and late onset type II diabetes were present in one family of nine siblings. The three early onset type II diabetic siblings showed severe microvascular complications: proliferative retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy, and peripheral neuropathy. Early onset type II diabetes was not associated with any particular HLA haplotype. Early onset type II diabetes could be considered a clinical and genetic disease entity different from MODY type diabetes.