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Single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of the glucose transporter gene GLUT1 in maturity-onset diabetes of the young.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jun 2001
Baroni M G, Sentinelli F, Massa O, Romeo S, Colombo C, Di Mario U, Barbetti F
Abstract excerpt
Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), an autosomal dominant, early-onset form of type-2 diabetes, is caused by mutations in five different genes all leading to defect(s) in the pancreatic beta cell. However, some patients with this form of diabetes do not bear a mutation in any of the known (MODY1-MODY5) loci, a notion prompting the search for new MODY genes. Clinical and genetic data point toward a defect...
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