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Quantifying genetic susceptibility in T1DM — implications for diagnosis after age 30

Nature Reviews Endocrinology volume 14, pages 134–135 (2018)Cite this article

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Treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) for individuals over the age of 30 years is often delayed. A recent large-scale population analysis used a genetic risk score to define T1DM in the first six decades of life, providing specific insights applicable to those >30 years of age.

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  1. Everett Meyer is at the Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford; and the Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford.,

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  2. and the Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford.,

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  3. David M. Maahs is at the Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; and the Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,

    David M. Maahs

  4. and the Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,

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E.H.M. is funded by the NIH (including 1P30DK116074), JDRF Career Development Award and the Helmsley Charitable Trust. He has no conflicts regarding this topic, but is an adviser and equity holder in GigaGen and Triursus Therapeutics. He also is on an advisory board for Incyte. D.M.M. is funded by the NIH (including 1P30DK116074), JDRF, NSF and the Helmsley Charitable Trust. He has no conflicts regarding this topic, but is on an advisory board for Insulet, has consulted for Abbott Diabetes Care and the Helmsley Charitable Trust, and his institution has received research support or materials from Medtronic, Dexcom, Insulet, Bigfoot Biomedical, Type Zero and Roche.

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Meyer, E., Maahs, D. Quantifying genetic susceptibility in T1DM — implications for diagnosis after age 30. Nat Rev Endocrinol 14, 134–135 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2018.7

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