[Tailored medicine for diabetes in the elderly].
To establish tailored medicine in the elderly, detailed information on clinical as well as genetic characteristics of each patient is essential. Although current age is all in the elderly, clinical characteristics of elderly patients with diabetes are very heterogeneous, making this category of patients good target for tailored medicine. Several genes conferring susceptibility to diabetic complications, such as insertion/deletion polymorphism of angiotensin--converting enzyme(ACE) gene for diabetic nephropathy, have been identified. Detailed information on genetic factor as well as current status of diabetes-related as well as unrelated complications will contribute a lot in establishing tailored medicine in elderly patients with diabetes.
Ikegami
Hiroshi
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Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000235:genetics; D010597:Pharmacogenetics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D011788:Quality of Life
D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A