title: [The mechanisms of inheritance of diabetes mellitus].
abstract: Diabetes is a genetic disease with a complicated mechanism of inheritance. The work presents contemporary views on genetic background of this disease. HLA phenotypes associated with type 1 diabetes as well as polygenic background of type 2 diabetes are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Endokrynologii, Przemiany Materii i Chorób Wewnetrznych, Akademii Medycznej w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Owecki
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Horst-Sikorska
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sowiński
mesh_terms: D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens