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Maturity-onset diabetes of the young: from clinical description to molecular genetic characterization.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Sept 2001
Owen K, Hattersley A T
Abstract excerpt
Maturity-onset diabetes of the young is a heterogeneous group of autosomal dominantly inherited, young-onset beta-cell disorders. At least two consecutive generations are affected with a family member diagnosed before 25 years of age. Diabetes is caused either by mutations in the glucokinase gene (glucokinase MODY) or by mutations in transcription factors (transcription factor MODY). Glucokinase maturity-onset...
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