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A novel point mutation in the human insulin gene giving rise to hyperproinsulinemia (proinsulin Kyoto).
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jun 1992
Yano H, Kitano N, Morimoto M, Polonsky K S, Imura H, Seino Y
Abstract excerpt
We have identified a 65-yr-old nonobese Japanese man with diabetes mellitus, fasting hyperinsulinemia (150-300 pM), and a reduced fasting C-peptide/insulin molar ratio of 2.5-3.0. Fasting hyperinsulinemia was also found in his son and daughter. Analysis of insulin isolated from the serum of the proband and his son by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography revealed a minor peak coeluting with human...
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