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Is Diabetes A Hereditary Disease?

if my father's brother has diabetes , and my mother had it does it mean i will also have it?

posted on Thu, 18 Feb 2010

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Fri, 19 Feb 2010 Answered on

Tue, 6 Jul 2010 Last reviewed on

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Anonymous's Response

It means there are higher chances of you getting it compared to a individual without any genetic predisposition.

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