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Common variants in MODY genes increase the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus.
Diabetologia - 1 Jul 2006
Shaat N, Karlsson E, Lernmark A, Ivarsson S, Lynch K, Parikh H, Almgren P, Berntorp K, Groop L
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Impaired beta cell function is the hallmark of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and MODY. In addition, women with MODY gene mutations often present with GDM, but it is not known whether common variants in MODY genes contribute to GDM. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We genotyped five common variants in the glucokinase (GCK, commonly known as MODY2), hepatocyte nuclear factor 1-alpha (HNF1A, commonly...
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