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Comment
. 2010 Jan;59(1):4-5.
doi: 10.2337/db09-1600.

The final frontier: how does diabetes affect the brain?

Elizabeth R Seaquist  1
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The final frontier: how does diabetes affect the brain?

Elizabeth R Seaquist. Diabetes. 2010 Jan.
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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Patients with diabetes have been found to have several changes in brain structure that appear to develop over time (top) and often experience conditions that present risk for subsequent cognitive dysfunction (bottom). Future study is necessary to define the natural history, structural basis, and risk factors for cognitive dysfunction in diabetes.
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