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Identification of new mutations in the hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha gene among families with early onset Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Mar 1999
Malecki M T, Yang Y, Antonellis A, Curtis S, Warram J H, Krolewski A S
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Mutations in hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-4alpha gene located on chromosome 20q have been found to be responsible for the development of early onset Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Through a national campaign, 53 families with autosomal dominant, early onset Type 2 DM (n=654) were assembled to determine the frequency of mutations in the HNF-4alpha gene and their contribution to the development of...
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