糖尿病的遗传学

S Afr Med J. 1978 Apr 1;53(13):481-90.

Diabetes mellitus is a geneticist's nightmare. We examine herein what causes the nightmare, how bad it is and how it is being alleviated by modern advances. Diabetes is more than one disease, it is indefinable, probably genetically multifactorial, and presents several facets with varying degrees of heredity and environment in their constitution.

糖尿病是遗传学家的噩梦。在此，我们探讨造成这一噩梦的原因、其严重程度以及现代进展如何缓解这一状况。糖尿病不止是一种疾病，它难以确切定义，可能是由多种遗传因素导致的，并且在其构成中呈现出遗传和环境程度各异的多个方面。