• male
• 50 Years
• 10/05/2022

Is it true that type 2 diabetes skips a generation?

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Dr Dhankecha Dineshbhai

General Practitioner

• MBBS
• 6+ Yrs

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No,it is not always possible that the disease skips a generation.

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