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Role of molecular genetics in transforming diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.
Expert review of molecular diagnostics - 1 Apr 2011
Molven Anders, Njølstad Pål R
Abstract excerpt
Most common diseases also run in families as rare, monogenic forms. Diabetes is no exception. Mutations in approximately 20 different genes are now known to cause monogenic diabetes, a disease group that can be subclassified into maturity-onset diabetes of the young, neonatal diabetes and mitochondrial diabetes. In some families, additional features, such as urogenital malformations, exocrine pancreatic...
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