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Identification of glucokinase mutation in subjects with post-renal transplantation diabetes mellitus.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Dec 2000
Nam J H, Lee H C, Kim Y H, Cha B S, Song Y D, Lim S K, Kim K R, Huh K B
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the glucokinase (GCK) gene are considered to be a possible cause of maturity-onset diabetes of the young. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contribution of this gene to the development of post-renal transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM). Identification of the GCK mutation was attempted in 58 selected renal allograft recipients with PTDM and 45 normal controls. The exons in the GCK gene...
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