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Identification of three new mutations of the HNF-1 alpha gene in Japanese MODY families.
Diabetologia - 1 Dec 2002
Ikema T, Shimajiri Y, Komiya I, Tawata M, Sunakawa S, Yogi H, Shimabukuro M, Takasu N
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AIM/HYPOTHESIS: We analysed Japanese MODY patients for mutations in the HNF-1 alpha gene. METHODS: Fifty unrelated Japanese patients with early-onset diabetes (diagnosed at 25 years of age or younger) or with a strong family history of diabetes were screened for mutations in the HNF-1 alpha gene. Functional studies of the mutant HNF-1alpha were carried out. RESULTS: We identified three new mutations in the HNF-1...
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