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Genetic epidemiology of MODY in the Czech republic: new mutations in the MODY genes HNF-4alpha, GCK and HNF-1alpha.
Diabetologia - 1 Feb 2003
Pruhova S, Ek J, Lebl J, Sumnik Z, Saudek F, Andel M, Pedersen O, Hansen T
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and nature of mutations in HNF4alpha/MODY1, GCK/MODY2 and HNF-1alpha/MODY3 genes in Czech subjects with clinical diagnosis of MODY. METHODS: We studied 61 unrelated index probands of Czech origin (28 males, 33 females) with a clinical diagnosis of MODY and 202 family members. The mean age of probands was 22.7+/-12.0 years (range, 6-62) and the...
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