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Early-onset Type II diabetes mellitus in Italian families due to mutations in the genes encoding hepatic nuclear factor 1 alpha and glucokinase.
Diabetologia - 1 Oct 2001
Gragnoli C, Cockburn B N, Chiaramonte F, Gorini A, Marietti G, Marozzi G, Signorini A M
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Maturity-onset-diabetes of the young (MODY) is caused by mutations in at least five different genes. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of the most common MODY genes in Italian families with early-onset Type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. METHODS: We screened 28 Italian early-onset Type II diabetic families (diagnosis < 35 years) for mutations in the hepatic nuclear factor-4...
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