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Who should have genetic testing for maturity-onset diabetes of the young?
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Oct 2011
Naylor Rochelle, Philipson Louis H
Abstract excerpt
Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a clinically heterogeneous group of monogenic disorders characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance of young-onset, non-insulin-dependent diabetes. The genes involved are important in beta cell development, function and regulation and lead to disorders in glucose sensing and insulin secretion. Heterozygous GCK mutations cause impaired glucokinase activity...
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