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Primary pancreatic beta-cell secretory defect caused by mutations in glucokinase gene in kindreds of maturity onset diabetes of the young.
Lancet (London, England) - 22 Aug 1992
Velho G, Froguel P, Clement K, Pueyo M E, Rakotoambinina B, Zouali H, Passa P, Cohen D, Robert J J
Abstract excerpt
Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), characterised by non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) with an early age of onset, is a genetically heterogeneous disorder. In most MODY kindreds described in France, chronic hyperglycaemia is caused by mutations in the gene encoding pancreatic beta-cell and liver glucokinase (GCK). We here report the beta-cell secretory profiles of nine patients from four...
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