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Glucokinase diabetes in 103 families from a country-based study in the Czech Republic: geographically restricted distribution of two prevalent GCK mutations.
Pediatric diabetes - 1 Dec 2010
Pruhova Stepanka, Dusatkova Petra, Sumnik Zdenek, Kolouskova Stanislava, Pedersen Oluf, Hansen Torben, Cinek Ondrej, Lebl Jan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Glucokinase diabetes, also called GCK-MODY or maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 2 (MODY2), is caused by heterozygous mutations in the gene encoding glucokinase (GCK). OBJECTIVE: The aim of study was to investigate the current prevalence of GCK mutations in a large cohort of Czech patients with typical clinical appearance of GCK-MODY. In addition, we reanalyzed the negative results obtained...
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