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Haploinsufficiency at GCK gene is not a frequent event in MODY2 patients.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Jun 2008
Garin Intza, Rica Itxaso, Estalella Itziar, Oyarzabal Mirentxu, Rodríguez-Rigual Mercedes, San Pedro Jose Ignacio, Pérez-Nanclares Gustavo, Fernández-Rebollo Eduardo, Busturia Maria Angeles, Castaño Luis, Pérez de Nanclares Guiomar
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to characterize glucokinase (GCK) alterations in maturity-onset diabetes of the young 2 (MODY2)-suspected patients and to investigate their clinical characteristics in relation to the parental origin of the mutation. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We studied a group of 57 unrelated Spanish patients presenting with MODY2 phenotype. Patients without mutation in the coding region of the...
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