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Review
. 2020 Feb;16(2):79-80.
doi: 10.1038/s41574-019-0308-1.

Harnessing heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Louis H Philipson  1   2
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Review

Harnessing heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Louis H Philipson. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2020 Feb.

Abstract

Personalized, or precision, medicine in type 2 diabetes mellitus is becoming a reality with new insights into the contributions of subgroup analyses. The roadmap to future implementation must take into account individual and subgroup variability in genetic architecture, environment, clinical measures, lifestyle, cost-effectiveness and treatment burden.

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Competing interests

The author declares no competing interests.

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