Williams-beuren syndrome is a genetic disorder associated with impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes in childhood and adolescence: new insights from a longitudinal study.

Stefano Stagi,Elisabetta Lapi,Cecilia Cecchi,Francesco Chiarelli,Maria Gabriella D'Avanzo,Salvatore Seminara,Maurizio de Martino

Williams-beuren syndrome is a genetic disorder associated with impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes in childhood and adolescence: new insights from a longitudinal study.

2014

Stefano Stagi
Elisabetta Lapi
Cecilia Cecchi
Francesco Chiarelli
Maria Gabriella D'Avanzo
Salvatore Seminara
Maurizio de Martino

Background: In adults with Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS), a common endocrine abnormality is type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).

Keywords:

Genetic disorder
Insulin resistance
Internal medicine
Endocrinology
Endocrine system
Impaired glucose tolerance
Diabetes mellitus
Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Medicine
Metabolic syndrome

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