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Sensitivity to sulphonylureas in patients with hepatocyte nuclear factor‐1α gene mutations: evidence for pharmacogenetics in diabetes
1 Jul 2000
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INTRODUCTION: Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is characterized by autosomal dominantly inherited, early-onset, non-insulin-dependent diabetes. Mutations in the hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha gene are the commonest cause of MODY. Individual patients with HNF-1alpha mutations have been reported as being unusually sensitive to the hypoglycaemic effects of sulphonylurea therapy. We report three...
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