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Identification of a locus for maturity-onset diabetes of the young on chromosome 8p23.
Diabetes - 1 May 2004
Kim Sung-Hoon, Ma Xiaowei, Weremowicz Stanislawa, Ercolino Tonino, Powers Christine, Mlynarski Wojciech, Bashan K Aviva, Warram James H, Mychaleckyj Josyf, Rich Stephen S, Krolewski Andrzej S, Doria Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a subtype of diabetes defined by an autosomal dominant inheritance and a young onset. Six MODY genes have been discovered to date. To identify additional MODY loci, we conducted a genome scan in 21 extended U.S. families (15 white and 6 from minorities, for a total of 237 individuals) in which MODY was not caused by known MODY genes. Seven chromosomal regions (1q42,...
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