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Clinical heterogeneity in patients with FOXP3 mutations presenting with permanent neonatal diabetes.
Diabetes care - 1 Jan 2009
Rubio-Cabezas Oscar, Minton Jayne A L, Caswell Richard, Shield Julian P, Deiss Dorothee, Sumnik Zdenek, Cayssials Amely, Herr Mathias, Loew Anja, Lewis Vaughan, Ellard Sian, Hattersley Andrew T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked (IPEX) syndrome is caused by FOXP3 mutations. We aimed to determine the prevalence, genetics, and clinical phenotype of FOXP3 mutations in a large cohort with permanent neonatal diabetes (PNDM). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The 11 coding exons and the polyadenylation region of FOXP3 were sequenced in 26 male subjects with diabetes...
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