Impaired glucose metabolism in subjects with the Williams-Beuren syndrome: A five-year follow-up cohort study.
Maria Elena LunatiMaria Francesca BedeschiVeronica ResiValeria GranciniEva PalmieriSimona SaleraFaustina LalattaGiuseppe PuglieseEmanuela OrsiPublished in: PloS one (2017)
IGM incidence is high in young adults with WS, suggesting the need of early screening and timed intervention. As in classical type 2 diabetes, impaired insulin sensitivity and β-cell dysfunction contribute, in this sequence, to progression to IGM and DM.