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Transient neonatal diabetes mellitus type 1.
American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics - 15 Aug 2010
Mackay Deborah J G, Temple I Karen
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Transient neonatal diabetes mellitus type 1 (TNDM1) is a rare but remarkable form of diabetes which presents in infancy, resolves in the first months of life, but then frequently recurs in later life. It is caused by overexpression of the imprinted genes PLAGL1 and HYMAI on human chromosome 6q24. The expression of these genes is normally restricted to the paternal allele as a result of maternal DNA methylation....
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