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Molecular and genetic bases for maturity onset diabetes of youth.
Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Aug 2000
Winter W E, Silverstein J H
Abstract excerpt
Maturity onset diabetes of youth (MODY) occurs in children, adolescents and young adults as a non-insulin-requiring form of diabetes mellitus that is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Maturity onset diabetes of youth in whites presents subtly similar to type 2 diabetes in adults. In contrast, a MODY variant that occurs in young blacks, termed atypical diabetes mellitus, presents as an acute-onset form of...
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