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Preserved insulin response to tolbutamide in hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha mutation carriers.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Apr 2005
Sagen J V, Pearson E R, Johansen A, Spyer G, Søvik O, Pedersen O, Njølstad P R, Hattersley A T, Hansen T
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Diabetic subjects with mutations in the gene encoding hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha (MODY3) are prone to develop hypoglycaemia at low doses of glibenclamide, interpreted as sulphonylurea hypersensitivity. The present study was undertaken to compare the plasma insulin responses to glucose and tolbutamide in HNF-1alpha mutation carriers with those of healthy control subjects. METHODS: Seven mutation...
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