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Beta-cell dysfunction, insulin sensitivity, and glycosuria precede diabetes in hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha mutation carriers.
Diabetes care - 1 Jul 2005
Stride Amanda, Ellard Sian, Clark Penny, Shakespeare Lynette, Salzmann Maurice, Shepherd Maggie, Hattersley Andrew T
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OBJECTIVE: Patients with diabetes due to hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha mutations have beta-cell deficiency, insulin sensitivity, altered proinsulin levels, and a low renal threshold for glucose. It is uncertain how many of these features precede the development of diabetes. The aim of our study was to test for these characteristics in young nondiabetic HNF-1alpha mutation carriers. RESEARCH DESIGN AND...
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