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High frequency of mutations in MODY and mitochondrial genes in Scandinavian patients with familial early-onset diabetes.
Diabetologia - 1 Sept 1999
Lehto M, Wipemo C, Ivarsson S A, Lindgren C, Lipsanen-Nyman M, Weng J, Wibell L, Widén E, Tuomi T, Groop L
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: To investigate the contribution of mutations in maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) and mitochondrial genes to early-onset diabetes with a strong family history of diabetes in a cohort with a high prevalence of Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. METHODS: Screening for sequence variants in the hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-4alpha (MODY1), glucokinase (MODY2), HNF-1alpha...
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