Epigenetics and diabetes risk: not just for imprinting anymore?

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¹ Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. tpollin@medicine.umaryland.edu

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Toni I Pollin. Diabetes. 2011 Jul.

. 2011 Jul;60(7):1859-60.

doi: 10.2337/db11-0515.

¹ Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. tpollin@medicine.umaryland.edu

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Epigenetic gene promoter methylation at birth is associated with child's later adiposity.
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