Mason diabetes--report of a family.
A 48-year-old Hindu housewife was presented with increased appetite, thirst, frequency of micturition, weakness, cramps in the legs, tingling in the fingers, decline in bladder-bowel control and dimness of vision. She was a patient of diabetes. On investigations and history, she was diagnosed as a case of type 2 diabetes transmitted in three generations as an autosomal dominant trait.
Department of Endocrinology,Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences and Ramakrishna Mission Seva Prathisthan, Kolkata.
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D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree