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A genetic diagnosis of HNF1A diabetes alters treatment and improves glycaemic control in the majority of insulin-treated patients.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Apr 2009
Shepherd M, Shields B, Ellard S, Rubio-Cabezas O, Hattersley A T
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 alpha (HNF1A) gene mutations are the commonest cause of monogenic diabetes, but patients are often misdiagnosed as having Type 1 diabetes and started on insulin treatment. Patients with HNF1A diabetes are particularly sensitive to the glucose-lowering effect of sulphonylureas, which are the pharmacological treatment of choice. We aimed to assess if patients do...
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