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Four novel mutations, including the first gross deletion in TCF1, identified in HNF-4alpha, GCK and TCF1 in patients with MODY in Israel.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Aug 2007
Stern E, Strihan C, Potievsky O, Nimri R, Shalitin S, Cohen O, Shehadeh N, Weintrob N, Phillip M, Gat-Yablonski G
Abstract excerpt
Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is characterized by a primary defect in insulin secretion with non-ketotic hyperglycemia, monogenic autosomal dominant mode of inheritance, age at onset less than 25 years, and lack of autoantibodies. The aim of this study was to characterize the genetic basis of MODY in different ethnic groups in the Israeli population. Fifty-nine unrelated Israeli patients with MODY...
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