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Linkage of type 2 diabetes to the glucokinase gene.
Lancet (London, England) - 30 May 1992
Hattersley A T, Turner R C, Permutt M A, Patel P, Tanizawa Y, Chiu K C, O'Rahilly S, Watkins P J, Wainscoat J S
Abstract excerpt
Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a subtype of type 2 diabetes that presents from the second decade and has an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance. We have investigated the glucokinase gene, a candidate gene for diabetes, in two MODY pedigrees. In a large 5-generation pedigree (BX) with 15 diabetic members, use of a microsatellite polymorphism revealed linkage of diabetes to the glucokinase locus...
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