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Clinical application of 1,5-anhydroglucitol measurements in patients with hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha maturity-onset diabetes of the young.
Diabetes care - 1 Aug 2008
Skupien Jan, Gorczynska-Kosiorz Sylwia, Klupa Tomasz, Wanic Krzysztof, Button Eric A, Sieradzki Jacek, Malecki Maciej T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: 1,5-anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG) is a short-term marker of metabolic control in diabetes. Its renal loss is stimulated in hyperglycemic conditions by glycosuria, which results in a lowered plasma concentration. As a low renal threshold for glucose has been described in hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha (HNF-1alpha) maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), the 1,5-AG level may be altered in these...
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