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Patients with a long duration of type 2 diabetes were found to have a lower total brain volume and gray and white matter volume than those without the disease.
Saczynski J, Siggurdsson S, Jonsson P, et al. Glycemic Status and Brain Injury in Older Individuals: The Age Gene/Environment Susceptibility–Reykjavik Study. Diabetes Care. 2009; 32(9): 1608-13. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/9/1608.long