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Is diabetes mellitus hereditary?

April 26, 2017Diabetes hereditary Mellitus

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Is diabetes mellitus hereditary?

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This accounts for about 20% of cases of diabetes mellitus. It tends to have an early onset. It is the result of an autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, and is carried out by T cells of the immune system. Also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.